SEXIST LANGUAGE

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SEXIST LANGUAGE
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY SEXIST LANGUAGE
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DEFINITION
ANY LANGUAGE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST
EITHER SEX IS SEXIST.
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EXAMPLES
FIREMAN FIREFIGHTER POLICEMAN POLICE
OFFICER MAILMAN POSTAL WORKER WAITRESS SERVE
R CONGRESSMAN CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
STEWARDESS FLIGHT ATTENDANT
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SEXIST LANGUAGE
A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE OF
EVERYTHING HIS SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO.
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ALTERNATIVES TO SEXIST LANGUAGE
A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING
THE SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO. (CHANGE
PRONOUN) A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR EVERYTHING HIS/HER SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO.
(USE BOTH PRONOUNS) PLATOON LEADERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THEIR SOLDIERS DO OR
DO NOT DO. (USE PLURAL PRONOUNS)
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SEXIST LANGUAGE
THE BEST WAY TO ELIMINATE SEXIST LANGUAGE IS TO
USE THE PLURAL PRONOUNS WITH PLURAL
NOUNS. THEY, THEIR, THEM