A WOKE horse charity has barred its members from using the words “mum” and “dad” to describe parents.
The British Horse Society’s advice is in a newly unveiled, socially inclusive language guide.
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The guide asks members to call maternity leave “parental leave” to try to stamp out outdated gender references.
Chairman should be “chairperson”, while it suggests that ethnic minorities should be called the “global majority”.
Foreigners are “people from overseas”.
The guide also suggests “humankind” instead of mankind while able-bodied people become known as “non-disabled”.
It states: “The BHS wants to create a culture of inclusion, which means maintaining positive and respectful communication with peers who may not have the same characteristics as us.
“We are antiracist and antidiscriminatory.
“We will work to break down barriers and enhance voices who have not yet been heard.”
The BHS was set up in 1947 “to protect and promote the interests of all horses and those who care about them”.
Members fork out up to a staggering £204 a year to join the UK’s “largest and most influential equestrian charity”.
Its advice follows universities and councils issuing guides with alternatives for widely accepted terms.
