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Snowflakes’ bizarre gender war

- ■ by ANTONY THROWER antony.thrower@dailystar.co.uk

SNOWFLAKE council chiefs have banned words such as manhole and manpower.

They are also demanding that pregnant women are now called “pregnant employees”.

And brothers or sisters must be described as siblings.

Manhole will become maintenanc­e hole, manpower is changed to human effort and manufactur­ed simply becomes machine-made.

Bosses at Berkeley City Council in California say they needed to update their municipal code so it was “degenderis­ed”. A jargon-riddled document introducin­g the changes says: “Broadening societal awareness of transgende­r and gender nonconform­ing identities has brought to light the importance of non-binary gender inclusivit­y.

“Amending the municipal code to include gender-neutral pronouns by eliminatin­g any gender preference language within the municipal code will promote equality.”

One resident mocked the changes, saying: “This is so important. Forget about the crumbling streets and all the homeless and totally focus on this.”

Another jokingly suggested more changes such as manipulati­on becoming personipul­ation and renaming Manchester as Personches­ter.

Council member Rigel Robinson, a key backer of the shake-up, said: “Gender neutral language creates a lot of room to acknowledg­e that it’s not just men running the country”

 ??  ?? BAN: A former manhole
BAN: A former manhole

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