As Washington state eyes gender-neutral language, dairymen, freshmen, penmanship face chopping block

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6. At the Electric Utility for which I Used to Work...

The women in the traditional jobs labeled line man and meter man called themselves by the traditional names. I don't know of any efforts on the women's part to get the job titles changed to gender neutral job titles. Those jobs really aren't that far off of the traditional titles "fireman" and "policeman." Not to mention that can have similarly difficult physical conditions in which to work. So I just kind of found it interesting that the job titles didn't change as women started to do them right along side the men.