UNC drops term ‘freshman’ in favor of ‘gender inclusive language’

Or "woman" (from man), for that matter.

 

This just in. In lieu of the news coming from the University of North Carolina to change the title of freshman to a more gender neutral name, ABC Network has decided to reboot television syndication show The Fresh Prince of Bellaire where a poor Iranian immigrant hermaphrodite from Philadelphia is going to move to Bellaire. The title? The Fresh Persian of Bellaire. No news has been provided who will play the actor of Will, though it is rumored Indian American actor Aziz Ansari is considering the role.

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Fresh/more girls are the hottest. We need to appease them.

 

I denounce gender inequality every chance I get here. Not everyone is blind to what happens in this country every day of the week, much less overseas. Gender inequality is a huge issue, and yes, often overlooked, which is a pity. I still think the "freshman" thing is goofy, though. You walk up to any woman on the stage in America and call her an actor, and she's going to smile... unless you're stepping on her lines.

 

Good school, good call. Shame on Duke for not thinking of it first.

 

I do believe that gender equality is important.

That being said, what UNC is doing in this instance is just dumb. It is window dressing. It is changing something to tell the world how sensitive and inclusive they are. I went to college in the 90s, when PC was at its height. There was no outrage from the women on campus about the freshman label.

My fear is that the more silly changes like this that we have, the more inertia there will be to change something of greater importance.