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Gender-Free Language

What are the gender-free words for the following?
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  1. stewardess

  2. policeman

  3. mailman

  4. chairman

  5. spokesman

  6. anchorman

  7. poetess

  8. actress

  9. man, mankind

  10. manpower

  11. wife or husband

  12. mothering

  13. foreman

  14. salesmanship

  15. housewife

Copyright (C) 1998 by Donna Tatsuki (tatsuki@kobeuc.ac.jp)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.