{"id":34680,"date":"2018-11-02T16:36:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=34680"},"modified":"2018-11-02T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:36:52","slug":"outlawing-words-mankind-chairman-european-parliament-step-forward-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/outlawing-words-mankind-chairman-european-parliament-step-forward-far","title":{"rendered":"Is outlawing words such as &#8216;mankind&#8217; or &#8216;chairman&#8217; in the European Parliament a step forward or too far?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In recent years society has made huge leaps forwards in equality among many different groups of people. Gender inclusivity\u00a0has been a very sensitive topic with the European parliament recently releasing gender-neutral language guidelines, claiming words such as \u2018mankind\u2019 and \u2018chairman\u2019 are too exclusive and should be altered.\u00a0Is this a step too far?<\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34784\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/voxpop-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34784\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/voxpop-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><\/h3>\n<p>In 2008 the European Parliament was one of the first international organisations to create multilingual guidelines regarding gender neutral language. Many organisations have since followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>On the tenth anniversary since the creation of these guidelines the gender-neutral language\u00a0guidelines\u00a0have been updated\u00a0in response to linguistic and cultural changes. Words such as \u2018mankind\u2019 and \u2018chairman\u2019 have been labelled as exclusive language which should be changed in official documentation\u00a0and spoken communication to more gender inclusive terms such has \u2018humanity\u2019 and \u2018chairperson\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Is this a step in the right direction? Or are there more important issues the European Parliament should be trying to address?<\/p>\n<h3>Guy, 21, Student<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34726\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Guy-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34726\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Guy-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s ridiculous. It is absolutely appalling. You can&#8217;t go around and just arbitrarily outlaw words because\u00a0it has something like man in them. The\u00a0Government\u00a0should have no sort of power or authority to censor people&#8217;s language.\u00a0 when you start getting angry about stupid little things like this that as you can tell really irritates me. There are a lot of bigger problems out there than words.<\/p>\n<h3>Isaac, 21, Student<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34727\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Isaac-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34727\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Isaac-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Well first I mean a word is a word you can\u2019t just change the meaning. We just shouldn\u2019t get worked up about it, we should just calm down you know, look at it in a rational way. There are bigger problems out there. I guess for me it is just be rational calm down a bit you don\u2019t have to be so worked up about it.<\/p>\n<h3>Leah, 39, Project Manager<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34729\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Leah-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34729\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Leah-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s a step in the right direction honestly. Better to include everyone 100%. I do I think it\u2019s absolutely a step in the right direction. I think we could do a lot more in terms of equality.<\/p>\n<h3>Paula, 49, Translator<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34730\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Paula-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34730\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Paula-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s a good idea.\u00a0Where I come from there is a lot of this kind of movement. Trying to improve things and create new laws. So, it\u2019s something that is becoming really difficult to fight against. So, I think it is strange but on the other hand I think that it will happen. Of course, there are things that should be discussed and but I think that it\u2019s difficult to try to stop this kind of thing.<\/p>\n<h3>Carsten, 56, Senior Lecturer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34725\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Carsten-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34725\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Carsten-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a delicate issue I think there are slightly more important things to think about. Chairperson I can live with because\u00a0it\u2019s a bit funny because\u00a0the chairman is obviously female. By the same it\u2019s a name of office. Like with all things just don\u2019t get too religious about it. Because real issues are in people\u2019s minds and to be honest, I&#8217;d rather have them speaking outright and speaking what they think than hiding it behind the right words. You can be politically correct with your language but not your actions. And if the people who are still biased or sexist use the right language, I&#8217;d rather have them being sexist and then id know what to feel. I know what to do with them and you can tackle it head on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do the people of Cardiff think of the European guidelines on gender inclusive language? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":34784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[616],"class_list":["post-34680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is outlawing words such as &#039;mankind&#039; or &#039;chairman&#039; in the European Parliament a step forward or too far? - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is outlawing words such as &#039;mankind&#039; or &#039;chairman&#039; in the European Parliament a step forward or too far? 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