[lg policy] Qantas introduces gender-neutral language on flights

Tue Mar 6 16:17:04 UTC 2018

   1. INDYGO <http://www.independent.co.uk/travel>

Qantas introduces gender-neutral language on flights Qantas launches its
'Spirit of Inclusion' initiative this month / Wikipedia

The Australian airline is training staff to stop using
‘gender-inappropriate’ language

   - Helen Coffey <http://www.independent.co.uk/author/helen-coffey>
   - a day ago

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Australian airline Qantas <http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/Qantas> has
launched an initiative to encourage cabin crew to stop using gender
inappropriate language that might cause offence to the LGBTI
<http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/lgbti-rights> community.

A new information booklet issued to employees bans gender-specific words
such as “honey”, “love” and “guys”, while the terms “partner”, “spouse” and
“parents” are preferred above the more exclusionary “Husband and wife” and
“mum and dad”.

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“We have a long and proud history of promoting inclusion among our people,
our customers and society, including support of indigenous issues, gender
parity in business and marriage equality,” said Qantas’ people and culture
group executive Lesley Grant.

The booklet was issued as part of the airline’s “Spirit of Inclusion”
initiative that began in March.
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“Language can make groups of people invisible,” says the booklet. “For
example, the use of the term ‘chairman’ can reinforce the idea that leaders
are always men.”

Colonialism is also addressed in the guide, encouraging staff to be mindful
of using the terms “colonisation”, “occupation” or “invasion” rather than
“settlement” when describing the arrival of Europeans in Australia in the
18th century.

“Describing the arrival of Europeans as a ‘settlement’ is a view of
Australian history from the perspective of England rather than Australia,”
it says.

Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said the move was “political
correctness gone way over the top”.

“Frankly, if companies like Qantas want to give their customers a better a
deal, they can scrap all these inclusion units, just scrap them and save
the money, because it’s just rubbish this idea that we need a corporate
thought police,” he told 4BC radio <https://www.4bc.com.au/tag/tony-abbott/>
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“I mean really and truly, it is a complete and absolute utter waste of
money. Qantas staff are very good people, they are decent, sensitive
people, and they don’t need this kind of nonsense. It is an insult to them.

“This is the very weird and strange times in which we live.

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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