German Army wants to change the name of "EPa"
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:20 pm
In German language is a diffidence between males and females when talking e.g. about professions.
A "butcher" is the male version, add an "in" to make it female like "butcherin". Like the "actor" and "actress" in English.
There is a big discussion everywhere going on about the right gender. German Green party demands, everybody can change his sex once a year, even teenagers and children.....
So also the German Army "Bundeswehr" wants to make sure, no Karens sue them for the wrong gender in their description "Einmannpackung" as the "mann" could mean "males" only (what came from "Mannschaft" = team). What normal peoples with common sense understand as "food ration individual", these Karens complain it says "food ration males". With now also females in the military, this description may be discriminating against woman and divers.
So German Quarter Masters launched a "contest" to find a new, gender neutral name for their ration but it must fit into the old abbreviation "EPa".
https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Bundeswehr ... 58146.html
A "butcher" is the male version, add an "in" to make it female like "butcherin". Like the "actor" and "actress" in English.
There is a big discussion everywhere going on about the right gender. German Green party demands, everybody can change his sex once a year, even teenagers and children.....
So also the German Army "Bundeswehr" wants to make sure, no Karens sue them for the wrong gender in their description "Einmannpackung" as the "mann" could mean "males" only (what came from "Mannschaft" = team). What normal peoples with common sense understand as "food ration individual", these Karens complain it says "food ration males". With now also females in the military, this description may be discriminating against woman and divers.
So German Quarter Masters launched a "contest" to find a new, gender neutral name for their ration but it must fit into the old abbreviation "EPa".
https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Bundeswehr ... 58146.html