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Old 03-17-2009, 10:05 AM   #1
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EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) because it claims they are sexist
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:39 AM on 16th March 2009


Using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' has been banned by leaders of the European Union because they are not considered politically correct.
Brussels bureaucrats have decided the words are sexist and issued new guidelines in its bid to create 'gender-neutral' language.
The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman's marital status.
This also means Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita are banned.

'Political correctness gone mad': The European Parliament has banned MEPs from using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' because it claims they are sexist
Instead of using the standard titles, it is asking MEPs to address women by their names.

And the rules have not stopped there - they also ban MEPs saying sportsmen and statesmen, advising athletes and political leaders should be used instead.
Man-made is also taboo - it should be artificial or synthetic, firemen is disallowed and air hostesses should be called flight attendants.
Headmasters and headmistresses must be heads or head teachers, laymen becomes layperson, and manageress or mayoress should be manager or mayor.
Police officers must be used instead of policeman and policewoman unless the officer's sex is relevant.
The only problem words that do not fit into the guidelines are waiter and waitress, which means MEPs are at least spared one worry when ordering a coffee.

They have reacted with incredulity to the booklet, which has been sent out by the Secretary General of the European Parliament.

Scottish Tory MEP Struan Stevenson described the guidelines as 'political correctness gone mad'.

He said: 'This is frankly ludicrous. We've seen the EU institutions try to ban the bagpipes and dictate the shape of bananas, but now they seem determined to tell us which words we are entitled to use in our own language.

'Gender-neutrality is really the last straw. The Thought Police are now on the rampage in the European Parliament.

'We will soon be told that the use of the words "man" or "woman" has been banned in case it causes offence to those who consider 'gender neutrality' an essential part of life.'
West Midlands Conservative MEP Philip Bradbourn is calling on the Secretary General to reveal who authorised the publication of the booklet and how much it has cost.
He described it as 'a waste of taxpayers' money' and 'an erosion of the English language as we know it'.
'I will have no part of it. I will continue to use my own language and expressions, which I have used all my life, and will not be instructed by this institution or anyone else in these matters,' he said.
'I shall also expect the many translators who sit in the European parliament to translate accurately the language I use. I find this publication offensive in the extreme.
'The Parliament, by the publication of this document, is not only bringing itself as an institution into more disrepute than it already suffers, but it is also showing that it has succumbed to the politically correct clap-trap currently in vogue.'
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Old 03-17-2009, 10:11 AM   #2
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Default Re: EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) as sexist.

I wonder how they are going to tackle the words, penis and vagina? By their argument it stands that if I mention either of the words I am being sexist. The world has truly lost it's marbles.
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Old 03-17-2009, 11:55 AM   #3
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They should certainly ban the words Lord, Sir, HRH, The Hon, Lady and all those elitist trappings. I mean 'Lord Mandelson' for crying out loud.
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Old 03-17-2009, 01:31 PM   #4
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There are obviously not enough actual important events going on in the world that need resolving first ... Ridiculous




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Old 03-17-2009, 02:34 PM   #5
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They'll have to fight off all those elderly ladies whose whole sense of identity comes from their marriage (or lack thereof) - I remember when MS came into being in the states. My mom and grandmother both hated it, because it took away their identity as a married woman. My grandmother didn't even want to be known as Mrs. Betty Green, she preferred to be Mrs. Johnathan Green.
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