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Political correctness

Avoid feminised nouns

Avoid something-man nouns

Avoid gender assumptive language

Gender neutral pronouns

Using gendered pronouns

Using gender neutral pronouns

Gender neutral names of people

Using he she

Racism homophobia religion sexism

Political correctness gone too far

Avoid feminised nouns

A lot of nouns have been ‘feminised’ by adding ‘ess’ to the end of them. You can almost always just use the non-feminised version of the word to describe both males and females.

Stewardess	Steward
Actress	Actor
Waitress	Waiter
Manageress	Manager

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