SEXIST LANGUAGE WHAT DO WE MEAN BY SEXIST LANGUAGE.

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SEXIST LANGUAGE WHAT DO WE MEAN BY SEXIST LANGUAGE

DEFINITION ANY LANGUAGE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST EITHER SEX IS SEXIST.

EXAMPLES FIREMAN FIREFIGHTER POLICEMAN POLICE OFFICER MAILMAN POSTAL WORKER WAITRESS SERVER CONGRESSMAN CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE STEWARDESS FLIGHT ATTENDANT

SEXIST LANGUAGE A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE OF EVERYTHING HIS SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO.

ALTERNATIVES TO SEXIST LANGUAGE A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THE SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO. (CHANGE PRONOUN) 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)

SEXIST LANGUAGE THEY, THEIR, THEM THE BEST WAY TO ELIMINATE SEXIST LANGUAGE IS TO USE THE PLURAL PRONOUNS WITH PLURAL NOUNS. THEY, THEIR, THEM