1. SEXIST LANGUAGE
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY
SEXIST LANGUAGE

2. DEFINITION ANY LANGUAGE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST
EITHER SEX IS SEXIST.

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

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

5. 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)

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