But why?
The city of Berkeley, Calif., is going to replace all gendered words in its city codes — such as “manpower” and “manhole” — with gender-neutral ones such as “human effort” and “maintenance hole.”
It will also replace all gender-specific pronouns (like “she” and “he”) with “they.”
The new ordinance passed easily and without discussion, according to a piece in CNN.
“There’s power in language,” said Berkeley city-council member Rigel Robinson, the main author of the bill. “This is a small move, but it matters.”
Here’s my question for you, Robinson: To whom does this actually matter?
