CHAIRPERSON INSTEAD OF chairman. Husband and wife instead of man and wife. “A big job” instead of “a man’s job.”
     Intensifying its campaign for the use of gender-fair language, the Supreme Court has approved an administrative circular directing all justices, judges, and judiciary personnel to use non-sexist language, like the examples above, in all official documents, communications, and issuances. The circular was pursuant to a Civil Service Commission memorandum circular which encourages the use of nonsexist language to promote gendersensitivity in the bureaucracy. (Re: Use of Gender-Fair Language, AM No. 06-8-21- SC, September 5, 2006)