Judges and lawyers needed to be educated about problematic phrases and descriptions of perpetrators and victims, the report also recommended.
It may be that there are as many attitudes to disablement as there are disabled or able-bodied people (another problematic phrase).
The Jewish Liberal David Salomons was elected to Parliament in 1851 and took the oath, taking it upon himself to omit the problematic phrase.
Moreover, in his writings he did affirmatively employ such problematic phrases as "all the world under one roof" (hakkō-ichiu) and the "imperial way" (kōdō).
Other problematic phrases seem like standard job listing jargon -- like "competitive salary" or "best of the best".
Snyder said there are more than 25,000 potentially problematic phrases that, statistically, have been shown to bias the job listings -- either towards males or females.
The software would work by comparing the text being typed to a pre-defined database of "problematic phrases," which would presumably be defined on a company-by-company basis.
While Google suggests this technology could come in handy for companies, its broad definition of "problematic phrases" raises the question of how else it might be used and what correspondence could be monitored.
"If a user creates a text document, presentation, or other document with a problematic phrase, the policy violation checker may notify a member of the legal department of the existence of the document," Google explains in its patent filing.
Google's proposed "Policy Violation Checker" would allow software to peek over peoples' shoulders while they type to alert individuals -- and potentially their employers -- when their written text contained "problematic phrases" that "present policy violations, have legal implications, or are otherwise troublesome to a company, business, or individual," according to the patent filing.
