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minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·3 months agoSome professions that were traditionally male dominated and were also called “____ man” can be made gender neutral by replacing “man” with “person.” This does not work for “garbage man.”
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·3 months agoGarbage collector works fine though.
minus-squareJeanValjean@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 months agoI’m partial to fireman to fire fighter, so mailman to mail fighter, policeman to police fighter, etc.
minus-squarehayvan@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months agoGarbage fighter nicely fits that pattern too.
minus-squarebaguettefish@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoi thought police fighting is what antifascists do
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoWell only because the police are fascist and anyone who is anti fascist is antifascist
minus-squarefushuan@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoPoliceman already has cop or dog, your pick.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoGarbage person. A job I’m overqualified for
minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoGarbagefighter! Goes well with firefighter, mailfighter, salesfighter, congressfighter, fishfighter, barfighter, ombudsfighter.
minus-squareSadbutdru@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI find “workers” is a pretty good all-purpose one.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoDas Mann means the person and is gender neutral, the English word “man” which comes from it also has a gender neutral sense. It’s more archaic, but it does exist
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoRight? I mean I’m not employed by any sort of waste management service and I am certainly a garbage person.
Some professions that were traditionally male dominated and were also called “____ man” can be made gender neutral by replacing “man” with “person.”
This does not work for “garbage man.”
Garbage collector works fine though.
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Trash engineer
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I’m partial to fireman to fire fighter, so mailman to mail fighter, policeman to police fighter, etc.
Garbage fighter nicely fits that pattern too.
i thought police fighting is what antifascists do
Well only because the police are fascist and anyone who is anti fascist is antifascist
Policeman already has cop or dog, your pick.
Garbage person. A job I’m overqualified for
Garbagefighter! Goes well with firefighter, mailfighter, salesfighter, congressfighter, fishfighter, barfighter, ombudsfighter.
I find “workers” is a pretty good all-purpose one.
Das Mann means the person and is gender neutral, the English word “man” which comes from it also has a gender neutral sense. It’s more archaic, but it does exist
Right? I mean I’m not employed by any sort of waste management service and I am certainly a garbage person.