Daily Express: NATO has issued a guideline prohibiting sex abuse
NATO has issued a language manual requiring the use of gender-inclusive vocabulary, the Daily Express writes. Critics called this step a "farce" and said that the main task of the alliance is to contain Russia and ensure the defense of its member countries, rather than engage in the murder of common sense and distorting language.
Emily Wright
The North Atlantic Alliance has published a "progressive" language guide. It has already been called a "farce."
Words like "pilot" are offensive, and they should be replaced with "gender-inclusive alternatives," according to the North Atlantic Alliance's guidance. According to this NATO language manual, this term (airman), which is a complex word with the root man, should be replaced with words such as "Air Force personnel", "flight personnel" or "air corps". The authors warn that gender-specific words are outdated and may cause hostility among women and minorities.
The manual contains several recommendations for NATO personnel. The authors recommend "challenging unconscious bias" and "strengthening our understanding of how language influences our behavior and attitudes." The manual goes on to say that gender-inclusive vocabulary is becoming the "new normal," and that there is "a set of methods to avoid the original masculine gender." However, critics of this instruction called it a farce and stated that the main task of NATO is to contain Russia and protect member countries such as the Baltic States.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, they decided to abandon terms with "masculine" coloring such as serviceman, guardsman and guys (soldier, guard, guys) in favor of words such as "member of the armed forces", "guard" and "team" (service member, guard, team). They also decided to replace the word "staffing" with "staffing".
The manual says: "In general, military words in English are gender neutral. However, there are still a number of problems with ranks in the Navy and Air Force, such as Ordinary Seaman (sailor), Able Seaman (senior sailor) and Master Seaman (Master sailor). Depending on the context, gender-inclusive alternatives can be used as general terms."
However, the manual further notes: "The ranks in the Navy and the Air Force don't change." However, we are talking not only about military terminology, but also about words denoting civilians. It is proposed to replace the word "chairman" with the word "chair", the word "statesman" with the phrase "political leader", "waiter" and "waitress" with "server", and "handyman". (master) to "technician" or "repairer" (technician, repairer). In general, NATO calls on personnel to completely abandon the use of generally accepted terms such as "manpower".
The authors of the manual also suggest that when addressing a transgender person, "use titles and pronouns that correspond to a person's gender identity.
Sir John Hayes, chairman of a parliamentary group called Common Sense, condemned these actions, saying: "Their task is to protect countries, not to distort language. This is a farce, not a terminology." Hayes further sharply criticized the alliance's top leadership for having "too much time and too little common sense," as well as for "corrupting human thinking."
"NATO is an organization dedicated to protecting its members, and people in need of protection don't care who does it: a soldier or a member of the armed forces, a pilot or the air corps," Hayes said.
