State lawmakers approved a bill yesterday that would call for a study of making general statutes “gender neutral.” Not sure what needs to be studied about this — perhaps the cost of substituting “him or her,” or better yet “her or him,” in all state documents?
A far more “inclusive” option, however, would be to replace every instance of “him” with “him/her/it/she-man/he-woman/no gender/an undefined gender/anything else we left out purely by accident and not because we are sexist homophobes.”
Doing so would satisfy everyone and prevent any costly lawsuits for the state.
