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Janet Holmes details the inequality of the use of English Language towards women and how it lends itself to be discriminatory. A point she brought up which I found interesting was that even the some of the nice metaphors used for women are derogatory such as "kitten" and "chick." These semantic descriptions imply sweetness but with an underlying tone of helplessness, she is saying these terms are quite patronizing.
HSBC bank offers trans customers gender-neutral titles
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This is an article from The Independent on how the bank HSBC has initiated an offer to Transgender customers a choice of 10 new gender-neutral titles. It raises questions on if PC has gone mad, is it too much?
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