This post is timely, because during Coren yesterday, Marilyn Churley spoke of something similar.
At the behest of PINK Magazine editor Cynthia Good, Atlanta officials are replacing “Men Working” signs with “Workers Ahead” signs. It seems “Men Working” is now deemed sexist.
Good began bellowing her demands after the police took issue with her vandalizing the signs by spray-painting “wo” before “men.” Now she plans to take her campaign national.
Uh huh. I wonder how these people would feel about the French language, where you can have 1,000 women in a room, but if there is one man, the group is referred to as ils – the masculine plural. And after all, isn’t that what a modern day construction site looks like? A few dozen men, and one or two women for diversity’s sake?
Yesterday, on the Coren show, during the segment about the Anglican church, Marilyn related a story of how when she was elected as an Alderman, she petitioned City Hall to have the title changed to Councilor. My question (which was drowned out and not answered) was “Is that what you spent your constituents’ money on?”
For shame.
Geez, if they really want to be correct they should go after the “working” part. Most highway “workers” consider “working” to be leaning against a shovel eating a donut.