近四十年来，尽管非性别歧视语还没有达到非不可的程度，但它毕竟已进人日常会话和写作的主流之中。随便翻开一张英美的报纸，或瞧一下五花八门的宣传广告，就会发现supervisor（工头，领班）替代了原来的foreman，workman's ompensation（工人赔偿金）变成了worker's compensation；sales rep，sales associate或seller（推销员）取代了常用词salesman等。为此，笔者将有关资料整理如下，供英语学习者参考。请注意，所选用的例句，除个别注明外，均选自Rosalie Maggio编写的The Nonselist Word Finder：A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage（Maggio，1989）。
1．尽量不用通性代词he，除了明确地指代一个男性人物时，都要设法避免使用之。可以根据语境需要，选用下列替换方式：
1）采用复数形式
Sexist: When bathing a baby, never leave him unattended.
Revised: When bathing babies, never leave them unattended.
给婴儿洗澡时，一定不能让他们无人照料。
2）用we／us／our改写原句
Sexist: From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
Revised: From each of us according to our abilities, to each of us according to our needs.
各尽所能，按需分配。
3）改用第二人称、
Sexist: No man knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.
Revised: You don't know what your true character is until you have run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.
只有当汽车大的油用光了，按分规付款方式购物和抚养大一个孩子时，人的本来品性才会显露出来。
4）改用被动语态
Sexist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Revised: One who, when given the choice of two evils, chooses both.
一个在两种恶行之中要作出选择就两者都选的人。
5）完全省略代词
Sexist: What a person thinks of after he becomes a departee?
Revised: What a person thinks of after becoming a departee?
一个人离去后，会作何感想呢？
6）用冠词替代
Sexist: Can a critic give his opinion of an omelet without being asked to make one?
Revised: Can a critic give an opinion of...?
评论家议论煎蛋时难道到非要他去自己煎鸡蛋吗？
7）用someone，one，the one，no one等替代
Sexist: He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
Revised: Someone who can take advice is sometimes superior to the one who can give it.
接受忠告者有时胜过发出忠告者。
8）使用he and she或his and her，但使用的次数不宜太多。s/he仅可用于备忘录（memos），便条（notes），或者非正式的交谈之中。
9）用名词或上下文中用过的同义词替换
Sexist: To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.
Revised: To find a friend， one must close one eye - to keep a friend, two.
想找朋友；就得睁一只眼，闭一只眼；想留住朋友，就得双眼都闭上。
2．尽量使用那些包括两性在内的词，即无性别之分的词（gender-free words）
例如：child、teacher、officer（警官)、people、worker、immigrant（移民）、voter（投票者、选民）、 coach(教练）、church member（教友）、sale rep（推销员）、grand parent（外／祖父或祖母）、leader、evening student、employee (雇员）、testee（考生、应试者）、engineer、customers（顾客）、dealer（交易者、商人）、clerk（职员、办事员）、civilian（平民）、scientist、operator（接线员、办事员）、patriot（爱国者）、person、planner（策划者、计划者）、politician(政客)、p
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