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Convict airline Qantas advises employees not to 'manterrupt' women or use gender-specific pronouns.
2018-03-07
[Breitbart] Australian airline Qantas has reportedly advised employees not to "manterrupt" women or use gender-specific pronouns.

According to the Evening Standard, "Qantas airline staff are said to have received an information pack as part of its ’Spirit of Inclusion’ month detailing a list of potentially offensive terms."

"Offensive terms" allegedly included gender-specific words such as "mum," "dad," "husband," and "wife," as well as words such as "love, honey, and darling," while employees were instructed to "minimise manterruptions," which was defined as when men "interrupt or speak over women."

"Language can make groups of people invisible. For example, the use of the term chairman can reinforce the idea that leaders are always men," the information pack reportedly stated.

In another section, the arrival of the British in Australia was reportedly described as an "invasion."

"Describing the arrival of the Europeans as a ’settlement’ is a view of Australian history from the perspective of England rather than Australia," the information pack declared.

The news was both mocked and criticized by users on Twitter, with one user asking, "Hey will #Qantas now have to rename the cockpit?"

Others blamed the Diversity Council of Australia, who was reportedly behind the change, while some announced their intentions to boycott the airline.

Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Cute, gentlemen. Please don’t let me interrupt.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-03-07 22:29  

#6  If you did she wouldn't either.
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-03-07 21:31  

#5  If you don't interrupt a woman, how will she know she's wrong?
Posted by: Roth LaDoad   2018-03-07 21:29  

#4  The new greeting is "ho". Exs: "Hi ho", "Yo ho".
Posted by: Phineque Grumble2226   2018-03-07 18:21  

#3  We should always endeavor to have a civil, well reasoned discourse regardless of gender.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-03-07 13:34  

#2  The implication here is that women never interrupt when men are speaking or, if they do it's OK. I always thought it was rude for anybody to interrupt when someone else is speaking otherwise you end up with an incoherent shouting match. Maybe, as P2k says, it's about power rather than equality. I think it should be about common courtesy and common sense.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-03-07 13:32  

#1  Remember, it was never about equality - it has always been about power.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-03-07 08:23  

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