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<img src="http://www.thecollegefix.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Man.Shutterstock-370x242.jpg" class="" alt="Man.Shutterstock" height="242" width="370"> <p>The Princeton University HR department has largely wiped the word “man” from its vocabulary.</p>
<p>The relatively new <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/hr/progserv/communications/inclusivelanguage.pdf" target="_blank">policy</a>
in effect at the Ivy League institution spells out the directive in a
four-page memo that aims to make the department more gender inclusive.</p>
<p>Instead of using “man,” employees are told to use words such as human beings, individuals or people.</p>
<p><img class="" src="http://www.thecollegefix.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/princeton-370x228.jpg" alt="princeton" height="228" width="370">Other
guidelines? Instead of “man and wife” use spouses or partners. Switch
out “man made” with artificial, handmade or manufactured. Don’t use the
verb “to man,” as in to work something, instead use to operate or to
staff. Throw out workmanlike and replace it with skillful.</p>
<p>The memo goes on to list a variety of occupations that typically
include the word “man” in them and offers replacements: business person
instead of businessman, firefighter instead of fireman, ancestors
instead of forefathers, and so on.</p>
<p>“Consistent with style guidelines issued by Princeton’s Office of
Human Resources and Office of Communications, and as endorsed by the
Institutional Equity Planning Group as a preferred University practice,
HR has developed these gender inclusive style guidelines, to be utilized
by all HR staff members in HR communications, policies, job
descriptions, and job postings,” the memo states.</p>
<p>In a statement to<em> The College Fix</em>, John Cramer, Princeton’s
director of media relations, said the guidelines “reflect the
university’s initiative of fostering an inclusive environment.”</p>
<p>While Princeton’s language policy for its Offices of Communications and Human Resources, Princeton’s LGBT Center also offers a <a href="http://static1.squarespace.com/static/56bbb7e4f8baf3d9ee6c5ed6/t/5740d623ab48dec01e5862a8/1463866916176/gender-pronouns.pdf" target="_blank">guide</a>
on various gender pronouns for those who identify as “transgender,
genderqueer, and other gender-variant,” suggesting “ze, zie and hir,”
“they and theirs,” and “Ey, em, eir and emself.”</p>
<p>Many universities have also encouraged the campus community as a whole to use of gender neutral or gender inclusive language.</p>
<p>Last year, the University of Tennessee’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion <a href="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/23990/" target="_blank">suggested</a>
students use the pronouns ze, xe, hir, hirs and zirs, along with
others, for those who don’t identify with a particular biological sex.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Writing Center <a href="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/24261/" target="_blank">developed</a> an
exhaustive list of words that contain potentially biased or offensive
implications, such as businessman, policeman, and even freshman, so that
students might avoid using them in their writing.</p>
<p>Such policies regarding gender language have concerned free speech advocates.</p>
<p>Marquette University’s Writing Center wrote a <a href="http://www.marquette.edu/wac/neutral/NeutralInclusiveLanguage.shtml" target="_blank">policy</a> similar to UNC Chapel Hill’s, and it implies that those who do not abide by it may face consequences.</p>
<p>“When you are writing about people in general, many of your
professors will expect you to use ‘inclusive’ or ‘nonsexist’ language,
that is, gender neutral language,” Marquette’s website states, adding
that many people find non-neutered language “not only inaccurate but
offensive.”</p>
<p>Concerns about whether or not students would see their grades suffer
for not following its guide in classwork and common speech caused
Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion to issue the following
statement: “We recognize that most people prefer to use the pronouns he
and she; we do not dictate speech. We do strive to be a diverse and
inclusive campus and to ensure that everyone feels welcome, accepted,
and respected.”</p>
<p>Cramer clarified Princeton’s policy in a similar way, saying “these
are guidelines issued by HR, developed in cooperation with Institutional
Equity Planning Group for communication and job postings. Students are
not mandated to follow this policy.”</p><p><a href="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28540/">http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28540/</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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