Representatives for the school earlier deferred requests for comment to the NSW Department of Education, where a spokesman said in a statement that gender-specific terms would continue to be used at the school.
(This isn't a gender-specific test. I'm sure you can think of examples).
Our study provides evidence that the gender-specific HRD-tendency effect, which represents contributions due to gender difference in a gender-specific constant term, is the major contributor to the gender difference in HRD (90%).
"While the text of D.R.L. does not expressly bar marriage of same-sex couples, the inclusion in the D.R.L. of gender-specific terms to describe parties to a marriage, as well as historical context of its enactment, indicates that the Legislature did not intend to authorize same-sex marriage," the opinion says.
In other professions, such as acting, many women bristle at gender-specific terms.
But Guardian Australia understands there was never any instruction given to avoid use of "girls", "ladies", "women" or other gender-specific terms at Cheltenham Girls high school, and there was no basis to the Daily Telegraph's report.
The panel also overturned Justice Ling-Cohan's ruling that gender-specific terms in state marriage law, such as "husband, "wife," "groom" and "bride," should be construed to apply equally to men and women.
According to Moulton, terms like 'he' and 'man' work in the same manner: they are gender-specific terms for men whose use has been extended to cover both men and women.
Will they go the way of other gender-specific terms like "stewardess"?
One of those handouts, "12 easy steps on the way to gender inclusiveness," listed recommendations to help teachers make their classrooms more gender-inclusive, including asking teachers to stop gender-based bullying and avoid the use of gender-specific terms like "ladies and gentlemen".
