Woke researchers call for term 'fitness' to be banned because it is 'ableist'

Woke researchers have called for terms such as 'fitness' to be revised as part of a crackdown on 'harmful terminology' in science.

The team of experts from the US and Canada said the word is vague and ableist —  discriminatory against people with disabilities.

The recommendation applies to the field of biology, where fitness is used to describe reproductive success in certain species.

It comes amid a broader push for language to be changed to be less offensive, with doctors last summer claiming the term 'morbidly obese' should be ditched.

The crackdown on the term 'fitness' was revealed in an article published today in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

It was co-authored by scientists from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and universities in the US, including Michigan, California and New Jersey.

They want a rethink of terminology in the scientific fields of evolution and ecology - the study of the relationship between species and their surroundings.

They claim both scientific disciplines have histories 'rooted in eugenics, ableism and racism' and that part of that legacy is embedded into everyday terms.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11750613/Woke-researchers-call-term-fitness-banned-ableist.html

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