{"id":48033,"date":"2020-12-15T13:13:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=48033"},"modified":"2020-12-15T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:43:30","slug":"vic-officials-have-been-told-not-use-the-terms-wife-or-husband-in-new-inclusive-language-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/vic-officials-have-been-told-not-use-the-terms-wife-or-husband-in-new-inclusive-language-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Vic Officials Have Been Told Not Use The Terms \u2018Wife\u2019 Or \u2018Husband\u2019 In New Inclusive Language Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An 11-page inclusive language guide given to Victorian public servants aims to phase out the use of \u201cgendered\u201d titles like \u201cwife\u201d and \u201chusband\u201d to avoid offending non-heterosexual people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some judges are reportedly also refusing to use titles like \u201cmister\u201d, instead referring to people before them in court as \u201ccitizen\u201d or \u201cplaintiff\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Bella d-Abrera from the Institute of Public Affairs told FIVEAA\u2019s Leith Forrest on Tuesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>aud\u201cThis is wrong in 2020 \u2013 it\u2019s wrong in any year. What we\u2019re seeing from this Victorian state government is warped priorities\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cThis tells you everything you need to know about the Andrews government, which is it is clearly more focussed on policing the language of its public servants than it is trying to get 500,000 unemployed Victorians back to work\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leith-FiveAA-Internet-2020-12-15-12-08-37.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Herald Sun<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAvoid using language such as \u201c\u2018wife\u2019 or \u2018husband\u2019 that assumes all relationships are heterosexual, as this excludes non-heterosexual people and devalues their relationships,\u201d says the guide.<\/p><p>At meetings people should be greeted with \u201cWelcome, everyone\u201d or \u201cGood morning folks\u201d, while care must be taken not to offend people with gendered titles like \u201cMs, Miss, Mrs or Mr\u201d\u2026<\/p><p>Public servants who use the wrong term, name or pronoun are told to apologise promptly and move on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Victorian public servants have been told to stop using words like \u201cwife\u201d and \u201chusband\u201d to avoid offending non-heterosexual people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vWw0gV9jJ5\">https:\/\/t.co\/vWw0gV9jJ5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theheraldsun\/status\/1338597223437778945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 11-page inclusive language guide given to Victorian public servants aims to phase out the use of \u201cgendered\u201d titles like \u201cwife\u201d and \u201chusband\u201d to avoid offending non-heterosexual people. 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