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Re: Qantas staff told to avoid manterruptions, non-inclusive language

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Mar 6 11:07:54 2018, in response to Re: Qantas staff told to avoid manterruptions, non-inclusive language, posted by R2ChinaTown on Tue Mar 6 09:39:30 2018.

Do you also oppose contemporary changes to non-gender-specific job titles, such as from "motorman" to "train operator", "patrolman" to "police officer", or "fireman" to firefighter", as more women began filling these positions?

Interestingly, the US Air Force retains "airman" as an enlisted rank for troops of both genders, to this day. They haven't yet come up with a non-gender-specific replacement. This is also true of ratings in the US Navy, many of which still end in "man". Given the many women now serving in the Armed Forces, I'd think they could update these terms, too.

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