Political Correctnesscontinued ....

GENDER

P.C promoters are certainly sympathetic to women, and that is good as for too long they have suffered discrimination in one way or another; but in the enthusiasm to redress the situation, suggestions are afoot to eliminate references to gender wherever possible or appropriate; so we no longer have headmasters and headmistresses, but headteachers. Why they should lose their gender when they enter the school gates is a mystery. It is understandable that advertisements can ask for a headteacher in the interests of equality, but when the vacancy is filled who becomes disadvantaged by their being called Master or Mistress?

Then again, in business procedure P.C have adopted a clumsy practice of changing titles for their meetings. So chairman becomes chairperson. What's wrong with saying that Mary Smith was in the chair, or that John Jones presided? and instead of spokesperson, why couldn't David Brown have made a statement on behalf of Marks and Lukes Ltd?