Change these sentences to avoid discriminatory language.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 661.

A. B.

Occupation can be either male or female. Match the sexist terms with their

Part and their equivalents which are preferred when a person holding this

non-sexist equivalents.

chairman workers

businessman representative

fireman fisher

mailman manufactured

steward, stewardess homemaker

policeman, policewoman fire-fighter

congressmen operator

fisherman work-hour

cameraman letter carrier

manpower officer

man-made flight attendant

gentleman's agreement coordinator

housewife, househusband business executive

man-hour unwritten agreement

1. Any worker who ignores this rule will have his salary reduced.

2. The typical postman rarely makes mistakes in delivering his mail.

3. A good executive plans hid daily activities.

4. The committee consisted of a businessman, a lawyer and a lady doctor.

5. A good secretary screens all telephone calls and arranges his schedule.

6. An efficient salesman organizes his calls and manages his time.

7. Our company was represented by two sales representatives, one Hispanic

engineer and one senior citizen.

8. Three people applied for the job, including two well-groomed black women.

9. Handicap parking spaces are strictly for use by the crippled.

10. He didn't act like a Mexican.

11. The average student is worried about his grade.

12. Give each student his paper as soon as he is finished.

13. When a customer needs service, it is his right to ask for it.

14. He must return it by the due date.