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<h1 class="gmail-headline__title">Cardiff Metropolitan University Accused Of Censorship Over<br></h1>
<h2 class="gmail-headline__subtitle">Cardiff Metropolitan University brings in ‘gender neutral’ language policy.</h2>
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<span class="gmail-timestamp__date--published">03/03/2017 11:30</span>
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<p>A Welsh university has been accused of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/censorship/">censorship</a>
after banning the use of terms such as “right-hand man”, “waitress” and
“forefathers” on campus in a crackdown on gendered language. </p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>Students and staff at
Cardiff Metropolitan University could face “disciplinary procedures” if
they fail to adhere to the institution’s language policy, which states
that terms such as “mankind”, “housewife” and “man-made” should be
avoided. </p></div>
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<p>“In general terms language should always be inclusive,” the document reads, offering a check-list of 34 gender-neutral terms. </p></div>
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<p>Swapping “sportsmanship” for “sense of fair play” and “workmanlike”
for “efficient”, students are also advised to use the term “typical
citizen” instead of “man in the street”.</p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>Despite the university’s aim
to make everyone on campus “feel valued”, Cardiff Met has been accused
of attacking free speech and patronising students and staff.</p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>Dr Joanna Williams, academic freedom expert and University of Kent lecturer, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/03/02/university-bans-phrases-right-hand-man-gentlemans-agreement/" target="_blank">told the Telegraph</a> the ban was “unnecessary”. </p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>“The idea that in a
university people need to be dictated to in this way is really insulting
to students and academics, we should be able to cope with words.</p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>“These words have evolved over a long period of time and they don’t have sexist associations.”</p></div>
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<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>The policy also dictates
that the phrases “homosexual” and “heterosexual” should not be used as
they are “laden with the values of a previous time”. </p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>“Referring to ‘same-sex’ and ‘other-sex’ relationships is a good option,” the document reads. </p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>“Nobody likes being lumped
together in a group, so try to avoid generalised terms such as ‘the
disabled’, ‘the blind’,” it continues. </p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>“’Disabled people’ is
preferable to ‘the disabled’ or ‘people with disabilities’ as it
emphasises that the people are disabled by a society which doesn’t
accommodate them.</p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>“Don’t be too anxious about the use of language, though,” the policy adds. </p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>“Blind people do use terms like ‘see you later’ and being too careful can make conversation difficult for both parties.” </p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>But the document has sparked
a backlash from members of the public who say it represents yet another
restriction on free speech in higher education.</p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>A study released last month revealed that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/94-uk-universities-censor-students-free-speech-campus_uk_58a1a80be4b0ab2d2b170036">94% of universities now censor their students. </a></p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>Last month, former English Defence League leader <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tommy-robinson-free-speech-oxford-brookes-university-cancelled-protest-fears_uk_589b0b2fe4b076856217bd47">Tommy Robinson was banned from speaking at Oxford Brookes over protest fears</a>, while the student union at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/university-of-strathclyde-student-union-bans-pro-life-group-for-violating-students-safe-space_uk_5845420ce4b061fb97e5eddd">Strathclyde
University prevented a pro-life group from founding an official society
over fears it would violate students’ “safe space” on campus. </a></p></div>
<div class="gmail-content-list-component gmail-text"><p>A man named Richard Dowling
wrote on Twitter: “Yet another case of free speech being stifled on our
uni campuses. This is getting silly (and dangerous)!” </p></div>
Another social media user
sarcastically commented that it was nice to see universities “spending
money wisely”, while someone else called the policy “another idiotic
student clampdown”.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cardiff-metropolitan-university-censorship-gender-neutral-language-policy_uk_58b92d42e4b0b998941680fd">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cardiff-metropolitan-university-censorship-gender-neutral-language-policy_uk_58b92d42e4b0b998941680fd</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="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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