Is the great old Aussie word ‘bloke’ an offensive word? The army thinks it is. Writing in the Daily Telegraph Maurice Newman says that ‘the Australian Defence Force has ordered adherence to politically correct language. “Bloke” is gender triggering, so it is banned’.This grows partly out of the latest wave of feminism that seems to be more anti-men than pro-women.
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