Blinken Is Busy Telling Employees To Avoid Gender Terms Such As Manpower As The World Burns

Secretary of State Antony Blinken instructed State Department employees to refrain from using gendered terms such as “mother, “father” and “manpower” in a recent internal memo, according to a report. The Biden administration official argued in the memo that gender is a social construct and that a person’s gender identity “may or may not correspond with one’s sex assigned at birth,” according to the Feb. 5 missive. The note was obtained by National Review and titled: “Modeling DEIA: Gender Identity Best Practices.” Blinken encouraged his colleagues at the State Department to use “gender-neutral language whenever possible” to “show respect and avoid misunderstandings.” He also suggested that employees identify their preferred pronouns in emails and when introducing themselves in meetings, according to the outlet.