“A workman will come to fix the leak.”
Gendered Entry 391 / 1011 60-second read
Workman vs. Worker/Technician
Worker or technician is preferred over 'workman'.
The comparisoni
“A technician will come to fix the leak.”
The ruleii
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WORKER, TECHNICIAN, or TRADESPERSON are gender-neutral ways to describe someone performing manu…
Used for centuries to describe laborers, but excludes women in trades.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
They have a TRADE; they are a TRADESPERSON.