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    Berkeley, California eliminates term ‘manhole’ in push to remove gendered language

    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.”


    https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/berkel...ered-language/
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    I guess, in Berkeley, manhole is now a term only used in gay clubs.

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    It doesn't reflect their reality? Of what? Women working in the sewer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    It doesn't reflect their reality? Of what? Women working in the sewer?
    Definitely a statistical anomaly... granted, the left does love their statistical anomalies (like transgender people).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rationalist View Post
    Definitely a statistical anomaly... granted, the left does love their statistical anomalies (like transgender people).
    True that.
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    They waste their time and taxpayer money on this BS, anyway berkeley is a place every AH in america sends their kids to continue the lineage
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    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.”


    https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/berkel...ered-language/

    I'm sure most people, enjoying a laugh now and then. would be happy to call it "woman hole" in official city documents. They are called manholes because that's who uses them: Men. But brother to sibling? Holy cow. Whoops Holy Bovine!

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