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<br /> Most occupational and public office titles date from a time when only men performed these Jobs. Contemporary women are in-
<br /> voked In all occupations,making sex-labeled titles discriminatory.Occupational titles should describe the job and not the person
<br /> doing the job.
<br /> Example Alternatives Example Alternatives
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<br /> airline steward, -ess flight attendant salesman sales representative, salesperson
<br /> alderman '' ward representative, aldermember . spokesman spokesperson, speaker
<br /> anchor man .anchor person,news anchor TV cameraman, -girl camera operator
<br /> businessman business person workmen workers
<br /> chairman chair, head, chairperson weatherman, -girl weathercaster, reporter,
<br /> committeeman committee member meteorologist (if applicable)
<br /> congressman, representative, member of Congress
<br /> councilman councilmember
<br /> craftsman crafter, artisan Neither sex has a monopoly on lobs or the designations that go
<br /> draftsman . drafter, designer with them:
<br /> fisherman fisher, angler • Example • Correct Designation
<br /> foreman supervisor, superintendent .
<br /> handyman odd-job worker lady doctor doctor
<br /> journeyman (certified crafter) specify: woman lawyer lawyer
<br /> carpenter, metalworker, etc. male nurse nurse
<br /> landlord owner • meter maid traffic officer
<br /> lineman '' line installer, line worker female surgeon surgeon
<br /> mailman mail carrier housewife homemaker
<br /> maintenance man maintenance worker
<br /> newsboy newspaper carrier, newspaper vendor There are only two jobs that are gender specific. As attorney
<br /> newsmannewscaster, reporter. Florynce Kennedy points out, "Neither sex has a monopoly on
<br /> policeman police officer jobs .'. . except in the case of wet nurses and sperm donors."
<br /> When the description involves titles, jobs and marital status, ."FEMININE"SUFFIXES. Most English agent-nouns which sig-
<br /> treat women and men in parallel manner: nify the performer of an action have common gender and can
<br /> Example Alternative be used for a person of either sex. Feminine gender suffixes
<br /> man and wife husband and wife such as -ess, -trix or-Ine often imply that the feminine gender
<br /> James Jones and Mrs. Jones James and Mary Jones Is a substandard variation of the masculine.
<br /> Dr. John Jones and Dr. John Jones and Example Correct Form
<br /> Mrs. Mary Smith Dr. Mary Smith or actressactor
<br /> (both are doctors) Drs.John Jones and Mary Smith authoress author
<br /> "Man" In the middle: There are some compound words with executrix executor (administrator)
<br /> the syllable "man" at the center. Here are some alternatives: governess instructor
<br /> heroine hero
<br /> craftsmanship craftship, artisanship hostess host
<br /> sportsmanship fair play,sportship poetess • poet
<br /> penmanship script, handwriting priestess priest
<br /> workmanlike skillful, well executed ' waitress waiter (server)
<br /> Some phrases exclude females by assuming that all readers
<br /> or listeners are males. Write and speak to Include both sexes The suffix-ette Is a diminutive signifying imitation(flannelette),
<br /> when applicable: small size (dinette) or less important(operetta)and should not
<br /> black tie gala .semiformal • be used to refer to women. Use the main form for women and
<br /> convention goers and convention goers and men. - .
<br /> their wives their spouses
<br /> you and your wife you and your spouse bachelorette bachelor,single
<br /> farmerette farmer
<br /> Gender specific words that Imply males only when females also majorette drum major
<br /> are Included: suffragette suffragist
<br /> cityfathers usherette usher
<br /> city leaders
<br /> forefathers forebears,ancestors
<br /> founding fathers founders,colonists
<br /> gentlemen's agreement informal,honorable TITLES MISS, MRS. or MS. While the titles Miss and Mrs. originally
<br /> freshman first-year student' were used to distinguish female children from adult women,the mean-
<br /> bachelor's degree . , undergraduate degree ings have changed throughout the years and the titles have become
<br /> ' master's degree graduate degree labels identifying marital status: Mrs., distinguishing married women,
<br /> and Miss,applying to unmarried adult women as well as children. The
<br /> Gender specific words that convey myths and attitudes rather
<br /> than promote honest communication: dissatisfaction of many women with this labeling system led eventually
<br /> to the use of Me.as a title analogous to Mr.
<br /> lady luck • luck
<br /> old wives'tale supertitious folklore The American Heritage Dictionary defines Ms. as"a title of courtesy
<br /> woman's intuition intuition, hunch used before a woman's surname or before her given name and surname,
<br /> master bedroom largest without regard to her marital status."
<br /> tomboy active child If awoman has a professional or academic title,it takes precedence over
<br /> maiden name birth name,surname a social title,i.e.Professor Jane Roe or Jane Roe,Ph.D.rather than Ms.
<br /> maiden voyage first,premier Jane Roe.
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