The Words Ladies And Gentlemen, Boys And Girls Are A No No.

[anotheoldgit]

First London mayor Sadiq Khan wants to scrap the words' ladies and gentlemen'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4014682/London-mayor-Sadiq-Khan-wants-scrap-ladies-gentlemen-buses-tubes-favour-gender-neutral-announcements.html

and now the schools are told the words 'boys and girls' are damaging.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4020872/Stop-calling-boys-girls-Advisers-paid-200k-help-train-teachers-claim-using-sex-specific-classrooms-unfair-transgenders.html

[Gromit]

Usual utter bollux from the Mail.
Do you not know the difference betweeen wanting something and concidering something?
There has been a complaint from a transgender person, and TfL (Khan the Mayor, is their boss) and they are not dismissing the complaint out of hand.

Because the Government are not telling us anything about anything, the Mail has no news to report and have to write some fake news.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Ah yes 'fake news' from the bad old Daily Mail once again.

Other news sources are available.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gender-neutral-announcement-sadiq-khan-tfl-london-ladies-and-gentlemen-announcements-a7463271.html

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/12/09/sadiq-khan-considers-tfl-gender-neutral-announcements-after-trans-woman-abused/

[dannyk13]

The world has gone PC mad

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/08/18/this-school-wants-to-scrap-gender-specific-pronouns-for-students/

[mushroom25]

//Total madness....a load of b0iiocks//

not sure it is. the concept of gender today is a bit irrelevant.

[Islay]

As women are equal to men I am not sure why there needs to be an announcement making them different.

[mushroom25]

//As women are equal to men //

does your local imam believe that, islay?

[Sqad]

\\\\not sure it is. the concept of gender today is a bit irrelevant.\\

It maybe to you, but to me gender still has a pragmatic part to play in life......e.g toilets, addressing of public speeches to mention but two.

It could quite easily be solved by:

Ladies.
Gentlemen.
Others.

[Islay]

mushroom I don't believe that is the question or the point here is it?

[mushroom25]

//gender still has a pragmatic part to play in life......e.g toilets//

55% of workplace facilities are now gender-neutral.

[Islay]

'others' make them sound like an afterthought or something to be discarded.

[mushroom25]

//mushroom I don't believe that is the question or the point here is it? //

I don't know. you raised the issue of gender equality, not me.

[Sqad]

mushroom......45% are still not.
Islay...really?

[Islay]

Gender equality is totally different issue to the one you have raised mushroom.

Yes Sqad

[anneasquith]

Slow day at the mail :-(

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

Reference to the Muslim faith on the subject of gender equality, is perfectly legitimate, since gender equality is alien to most male Muslims.

[anotheoldgit]

anneasquith

/// Slow day at the mail :-( ///

Routine condemnation of the Mail, that we have all come accustomed to, when they announce news that some find uncomfortable reading.

Getting all rather worn out now, just like the word racist is.

May I refer you to the links from the two alternative publications which I supplied, if it makes reading more easy for you.

[Islay]

Of course it is AOG, however if I or one of my 'leftie' friends had mentioned it would have been suggested that we were diverting the topic!

[hereIam]

S Khan is an idiot imo !