The EU has called for “gendered language” to be scrapped in guidance given out to the bloc’s bureaucrats and politicians.
The European Institute for Gender Equality prepared a 61-page report detailing inappropriate language and suggesting alternatives.
The compilation, dubbed a “Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication,” warns against using terms like “pushy” and “shrill,” which are thought to have strong associations only with women.
Instead, the institute suggests replacing the former with “assertive” and the latter with “high-pitched”.
Meanwhile the phrase “no man’s land”, which has origins back in WWI is recommended to be swapped out to be replaced with “unclaimed territory”.
Conservative MP Nick Fletcher said: “I think it’s nonsense, especially when there’s far more serious issues going on at the moment that we need to be concerned about.
“The EU needs to take a good hard look at themselves and think about what other problems are going on in the world at the moment.”
He added: “We’ve got wars being waged, an energy crisis and a lot of countries are dealing with the same kind of problems that we are in the UK.
“Things like this are a waste of our time.”
Meanwhile, former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe told The Sun: “It’s ridiculous.”
