DODGYDODDS Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) because it claims they are sexist By Daily Mail Reporter Using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' has been banned by leaders of the European Union because they are not considered politically correct. Brussels bureaucrats have decided the words are sexist and issued new guidelines in its bid to create 'gender-neutral' language. The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman's marital status. This also means Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita are banned. 'Political correctness gone mad': The European Parliament has banned MEPs from using 'Miss' and 'Mrs' because it claims they are sexist Instead of using the standard titles, it is asking MEPs to address women by their names. And the rules have not stopped there - they also ban MEPs saying sportsmen and statesmen, advising athletes and political leaders should be used instead. Man-made is also taboo - it should be artificial or synthetic, firemen is disallowed and air hostesses should be called flight attendants. Headmasters and headmistresses must be heads or head teachers, laymen becomes layperson, and manageress or mayoress should be manager or mayor. Police officers must be used instead of policeman and policewoman unless the officer's sex is relevant. The only problem words that do not fit into the guidelines are waiter and waitress, which means MEPs are at least spared one worry when ordering a coffee. They have reacted with incredulity to the booklet, which has been sent out by the Secretary General of the European Parliament. Scottish Tory MEP Struan Stevenson described the guidelines as 'political correctness gone mad'. He said: 'This is frankly ludicrous. We've seen the EU institutions try to ban the bagpipes and dictate the shape of bananas, but now they seem determined to tell us which words we are entitled to use in our own language. 'Gender-neutrality is really the last straw. The Thought Police are now on the rampage in the European Parliament. 'We will soon be told that the use of the words "man" or "woman" has been banned in case it causes offence to those who consider 'gender neutrality' an essential part of life.' West Midlands Conservative MEP Philip Bradbourn is calling on the Secretary General to reveal who authorised the publication of the booklet and how much it has cost. He described it as 'a waste of taxpayers' money' and 'an erosion of the English language as we know it'. 'I will have no part of it. I will continue to use my own language and expressions, which I have used all my life, and will not be instructed by this institution or anyone else in these matters,' he said. 'I shall also expect the many translators who sit in the European parliament to translate accurately the language I use. I find this publication offensive in the extreme. 'The Parliament, by the publication of this document, is not only bringing itself as an institution into more disrepute than it already suffers, but it is also showing that it has succumbed to the politically correct clap-trap currently in vogue.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Where is that printed? I honestly don't believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DODGYDODDS Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ims-sexist.html Take a look gaz unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 This is why we need to break free from this EU crap. They are worse than us when it comes to making bullshi* up. They don't have anything better to do than pay people to think crap like this up. Rant over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Aren't most peoples name gender based, so should I not call the wife Jennie or wife for that matter. Maybe I shouldn't of put this on a public forum, I will be fined:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Whts next? we wont be called the human race soon if they get there way one small step for person one giant leap for personkind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Do what the French do and ignore it, or threaten to leave the EU, as one of the biggest contributors to the EU that should sort them out. Oh wait our beloved PM signed us up to this shower without asking those who elected him and the only way out is to declare war on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Oh wait our beloved PM signed us up to this shower without asking those who elected him and the only way out is to declare war on them Where did I put my gun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Where did I put my gun? I have a spare one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Where is that printed? I honestly don't believe it. EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) because it claims they are sexist By Daily Mail Reporter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I would have to be a woman to truely understand how this must feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DODGYDODDS Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 What a total waste of our money, we need out of europe now (i hope im not deemed a terrorist for saying that ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 My thoughts exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Some of you guys honestly need to wise up when you're reading the Daily Mail. You know it has the worst reputation of any paper in the country, right? You know that the editorial policy is to print anything and everything that fits into its reactionary political agenda? You know that it has less concern for providing balanced, fair reporting than for stirring up its readers? Try this, from news.scotsman.com: A EUROPEAN Parliament guide to "gender neutral" language is a voluntary code intended for staff and not politicians, officials in Brussels insisted last night. But a European Parliament spokesman said: "The information is a guideline only and it is intended for staff and not for MEPs. It is particularly useful for translators and interpreters, who are being asked to consider gender-neutral languages when they are translating documents or interpreting MEPs speaking in the chamber. "But it is also clear that where MEPs are using gender-specific terms, interpreters are told they should accurately interpret what they are saying, using the equivalent gender-specific terms where appropriate". So: it's not a 'ban' of anything by the EU and the headline is misleading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 These are just GUIDELINES issued to MEPs and other EU officials about how to deal with the thorny issue of addressing females in these PC days. Apparently some lesbians and women who've been left on the shelf or otherwise ignored by menfolk don't like being addressed as Mrs as that doesn't fit their status, 'civil partnership' or whatever. They also don't like being addressed as Miss because they say that it assumes they are vulnerable or less capable/secure than 'Mrs'. And they can't pronounce Ms no matter how hard they try. They just don't see how come it's just them women and not us blokes that have to suffer, so some poor overpayed and understressed Eurocrat has to issue some new guidelines to keep them happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Some of you guys honestly need to wise up when you're reading the Daily Mail. Can you please refrain from killing the funny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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