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Sunday, July 28, 2019

Gendered language like ‘manhole’ will soon be banned from Berkeley’s city codes

Soon, there will be no more manholes in the city of Berkeley, California. There will also be no chairmen, no manpower, no policemen or policewomen.

No, that doesn’t mean a whole city will be without committee leaders and law enforcement. It means that words that imply a gender preference will be removed from the city’s codes and replaced with gender-neutral terms, according a recently adopted ordinance.

The city voted Tuesday night to replace gendered terms in its municipal codes, like “manhole” and “manpower,” with gender-neutral ones like “maintenance hole” and “human effort.”

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18 comments:

Anonymous said...

No matter the gender, these people are crazy. Seriously, open up some asylums.

Anonymous said...

MANBUN NEXT LOL.

Anonymous said...

Hey feminists- who is it who goes down into these manholes in extreme heat or freezing winter? Who is it who strings up your downed power lines in the middle of an ice storm? Who is it who fixes you car? Who nearly kills themselves in the remote arctic sea to bring you seafood?

Oh yeah, the "patriarchy".

Anonymous said...

This is beyond STUPID!

Anonymous said...

Really

Anonymous said...

These days calling anything a hole could be misconstrued in so many ways. Just call it an access

Anonymous said...

its takes allot of stupid human effort to fill that maintenance hole.

Anonymous said...

Absolutely 3:24

Anonymous said...

You can bet that it was a man that put that hole there.

Anonymous said...

Folks - it's Berkley - nobody takes them seriously....move along and ignore them

Anonymous said...

So now it is "one small step for person, one giant leap for personhood"...

Anonymous said...

cant fix lost and STUPID

ironically, while these activists argue that a homosexual orientation is fixed and immutable, they incoherently claim that gender is fluid and changeable. Caitlin Ryan, a gay activist, clinical social worker and researcher at San Francisco State University spoke of this shift in our cultural mindset:

"I think the fluidity of gender is the next big wave in terms of adolescent development… Gender has become part of the defining way that youth organize themselves and rebel against adults."1

In short, a profound deconstruction of gender is taking place within every arena of society that undermines the fundamental order established by God Himself — reflecting the very essence of who He is and who we were created to be. And when God's order is deconstructed and redefined, the consequences for gender, sexuality, individuals, marriage, family, and society are profound and far-reaching.

Anonymous said...

Sure was no Snowflake.

TheRealRay said...

If from California you should be issued your man-gina...

Anonymous said...

Amen - God’s law is immovable

Anonymous said...

Good point 4:55 lol

Anonymous said...

Good thing a55401e is still gender neutral.

Anonymous said...

3:32 This is stupid becasue it goes against reality... This is all to try and stir up crap between people, you know to hate others... That is all this is for, unless you believe in the bible... If you do in that case this would be two fold... it is to go against god and it is to make you people get mad enough to do something, I don't know what but there is some reason for it...

I don't understand why you people let it happen, and continue to happen, and then just complain about it... Try stopping it or fixing it...