EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) because itclaimsthey are sexist
By Daily Mail Reporter 16th March 2009
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 aresexistand issued new guidelines in itsbidto create 'gender neutral' language.
The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman'smarital 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 madeis also taboo - it should beartificialorsynthetic, firemen isdisallowedand air hostesses should be called flight attendants.Headmastersandheadmistressesmust be heads or head teachers,laymanbecomes layperson, andmanageressormayoressshould 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 leastsparedone worry when ordering a coffee.
They have reacted withincredulityto 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 franklyludicrous. We've seen the EU institutions try to ban thebagpipesand dictate the shape of bananas, but now they seem determined to tell us which words we areentitledto use in our own language.
'Gender-neutrality is really the laststraw. The Thought Police are now on therampagein 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 'anerosionof 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 moredisreputethan it already suffers, but it is also showing that it hassuccumbedto the politically correctclap-trapcurrently invogue.'
EU Bans Use of Miss and Mrs
EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) because itclaimsthey are sexist
By Daily Mail Reporter 16th March 2009
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 aresexistand issued new guidelines in itsbidto create 'gender neutral' language.
The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman'smarital 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 madeis also taboo - it should beartificialorsynthetic, firemen isdisallowedand air hostesses should be called flight attendants.Headmastersandheadmistressesmust be heads or head teachers,laymanbecomes layperson, andmanageressormayoressshould 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 leastsparedone worry when ordering a coffee.
They have reacted withincredulityto 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 franklyludicrous. We've seen the EU institutions try to ban thebagpipesand dictate the shape of bananas, but now they seem determined to tell us which words we areentitledto use in our own language.
'Gender-neutrality is really the laststraw. The Thought Police are now on therampagein 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 'anerosionof 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 moredisreputethan it already suffers, but it is also showing that it hassuccumbedto the politically correctclap-trapcurrently invogue.'