The famously liberal city of Berkeley, Calif., is scrapping all “gendered” words from its municipal code and replacing them with politically correct alternatives — including changing “manhole” to “maintenance hole” and “brother” to “sibling.”
The Berkeley City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the measure, which will also see “manpower” replaced with “human effort” and “man-made” objects described as “artificial,” “manufactured,” “machine-made” or “synthetic.”
The council’s youngest member — 23-year-old Rigel Robinson, a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley — had pushed to change the existing code, which he labeled “male-centric.”
“Having a male-centric municipal code is inaccurate and not reflective of our reality,” Robinson told The Post in a statement. “Our laws are for everyone, and our municipal code should reflect that.”
“There’s power in language,” Robinson added. “This is a small move, but it matters.”
Under the new code — estimated to set taxpayers back $600 — the phrase “male and female” will be replaced by “people of different genders,” while “men and women” are now just “people.”
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