Home » Manipulation of language is harmful

Manipulation of language is harmful

by admin

A year ago, JK Rowling was practically banned from the civil forum for asking: “What are ‘menstruating people’ called? Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud? “. The University of Manchester seems to have taken it seriously and has now asked staff to stop using the terms “mother” and “father” to avoid prejudice. Encourage the use of neutral terms such as “partner” or “guardian”. The guide, which was distributed to staff earlier this week, was created by the “committee for equality, diversity and inclusion”, and proposes some substitutions: you or them instead of him or her; persons or individuals instead of men or women; colleagues in place of ladies and gentlemen; parent or guardian in place of mother or father; partner instead of husband or wife. In France, they even abolished Mother’s Day. The Yves Codou elementary school, in the municipality of La Mole, celebrated the “feast of the parents”. In Italy we thought we were safe from this Anglo-Saxon delusion, but on the documents of the under 14s the wording “parent 1 and 2” is in force. The most advanced point of this cultural rant is found in the kindergartens of Stockholm, where the neutral pronoun “hen” is used. The University of Leicester has come to announce that it wants to remove Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” and other classics of medieval literature to replace them with modules on gender and race. It has nothing to do with the respect due to transgender people. Instead, it has to do with the pounding ideological conditioning, the proscription of a certain number of common sense words now considered hostile, the obligation to celebrate the ideology of diversity, all these public rituals. And they are not good for democracy.

You may also like

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More

Privacy & Cookies Policy