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Gendered Language Like ‘Manhole’ Will Soon Be Banned from Berkeley’s City Codes

• 8bitsrule 7y ago
  I can hardly wait to set a list of the replacement term options. "Sooo, whaddya think? we got, uh, service chambers, repair cavities, refinement ports or redress vaults?"
  • dTal 7y ago
    I vote for "personnel apertures".
• a0-prw 7y ago
  If one didn't know what "manhole" meant, it would probably suggest something nsfw ;) Terms involving "cavity" or "aperture" also seem open to misinterpretation. How about "vertical personnel ingress".... hmmm, nah
  • NikkiA 7y ago
    '(Utility/Sewer) access shaft' works just fine for me. We can call manhole covers 'AS covers' edit: I figure that them being referred to humourously as 'ass covers' will a) give the utility workers a bit of fun, and b) isn't really specifically gendered enough to be a problem
• whenchamenia 7y ago
  Was anyone genuinely triggered by manhole? This is bullshit makework and virtue signaling at its finest.
• ninjavis 7y ago
  Gender neutrality 1) isn't, never has, and never will solve these 2) misinterpreted troubles of this world.. Typical band-aid mentality