Language requires an urgent update to reflect growing female presence in ‘male’ spheres

When Raghuram Rajan took over as governor of RBI in September 2013, he memorably said that while some actions he took would not be popular, he hoped to do the right thing, regardless of criticism, even while looking to learn from it. To illustrate what he thought were the characteristics of an ideal central banker, he quoted Rudyard Kipling’s immortal line from the poem If: “If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you/ But make allowance for their doubting too”. In addition to his excellent taste in poetry, Rajan also demonstrated his commitment to the need for gender-neutral language by pointing out that Kipling’s reference to only “men” dated these lines — meaning clearly that we are far away from the days when the default common noun should be male.
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Language requires an urgent update to reflect growing female presence in ‘male’ spheres
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