The University of Bristol, in an inclusive style guide published to their website, has issued guidance for students and staff on sex and gender. This includes ditching the use of words such as 'mankind' and 'manpower'.
Instead, they should use 'humankind' in place of 'mankind' and 'workforce' in place of 'manpower'. This is in a bid to avoid staff and students using 'unnecessarily gendered language'.
Bristol Live readers took to Facebook to share their views on the terminology ditching. Many people have grown accustomed to switching their language in recent years, with many choosing to refer to a group of people as 'everyone' or 'folks' instead of 'guys' or 'ladies' - but do Bristolians feel the latest guidance is a step too far?
