'Batter' to replace 'batsman' as Laws of Cricket amended
I thought that "batter" is something you cook fish in
MCC has announced that the gender-neutral terms "batter" and "batters" will replace "batsman" and "batsmen" after the Laws of Cricket were amended.
The changes - which are effective immediately - have been approved by the MCC Committee, a move which it says has been made in an effort to "reinforce cricket's status as an inclusive game for all".
The matter was previously addressed in 2017, but it was decided not to make a change at that point.
Jamie Cox, Assistant Secretary (Cricket and Operations) at MCC, said: "MCC believes in cricket being a game for all and this move recognises the changing landscape of the game in modern times.
"Use of the term "batter" is a natural evolution in our shared cricketing language and the terminology has already been adopted by many of those involved in the sport. It is the right time for this adjustment to be recognised formally and we are delighted, as the Guardians of the Laws, to announce these changes today."
The women's game has grown at all levels around the world since the 2017 redraft, which came into effect shortly after England won the World Cup on home soil.
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Would YOU be offended at being called 'childless'? Women brand terms like 'childfree' 'crass' and 'insensitive'
Non-mother" does not seem like a very pleasant alternative
Women without children were slammed for being 'over sensitive' after they took issue with the terms 'childless' and 'childfree' in a heated online debate.
The Mumsnet thread was kickstarted by a British woman who said she disliked the term 'childless' after it was used by TV presenter Katie Piper in a recent Loose Women debate.
The post was met with agreement by dozens of other women who described the term as 'crass'. They also said the word 'childfree', sometimes used as an alternative' was 'dehumanising' to children because it made them sound like a 'commodity'.
However others hit back against the argument, noting it appeared they wanted to be 'offended over nothing' and questioned what term would be appropriate if 'childless' and 'childfree' were ruled to be too offensive.
A further poster felt more strongly, saying: 'I think childfree is far more offensive - and I don't think many words are really offensive either.
'Being free of something implies that it is rather a bad or undesirable thing. Bedbug-free, pain-free, disease-free.
'Can you imagine saying it about any other group of people? Woman-free, Asian-free, lesbian-free? It's only possible because many think of children as a sort of lifestyle choice rather than as persons.
However others questioned why the issue needed to be debated, with one writing: 'Why is there this culture of outrage at everything these days?'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9989383/Childfree-childless-Mumsnetters-argue-terms.html
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