Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Why gender-neutral terms are still biased

We are used to terms like flight attendant/ airhostess, actor/actress etc.
Now, it is no more politically correct to call the job roles as such.
The way it has been corrected is by using one gender term over the other and that is where the bias comes.
Hence forth, you should call every role by the male gender format i.e., flight attendant, actor etc.
I am amused…
Why not the female gender format for all?
What the hell will happen if that is followed?
Still some ‘old world’ (I would call that out of the world) notions, values and order is followed in this otherwise ‘equality’ filled world.

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