From here.
This type of change had not even occurred to me. Congressman and Postman feel male but somehow freshman doesn't, like mankind doesn't - probably because I have been in those groups.
Freshwoman sounds catchy!
Are there more terms that we don't think twice about that will be changed? I can't think of any, but I didn't think of this one either.
This type of change had not even occurred to me. Congressman and Postman feel male but somehow freshman doesn't, like mankind doesn't - probably because I have been in those groups.
Freshwoman sounds catchy!
Are there more terms that we don't think twice about that will be changed? I can't think of any, but I didn't think of this one either.
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After beginning to roll out the new terminology in formal correspondence early last spring, University administrators have now begun the process of replacing the terms “freshman” and “upperclassman” with the gender-neutral terms “first year” and “upper-level students” in official campus publications, such as the Undergraduate Regulations and the First-Year Handbook. Chun emphasized that the memo was distributed to notify faculty and staff how the administration now refers to its students, without attempting to dictate to recipients that they use any specific terminology. |
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