Gendered Language Like ‘Manhole’ Will Soon Be Banned from Berkeley’s City Codes

Gender neutrality 1) isn't, never has, and never will solve these 2) misinterpreted troubles of this world.. Typical band-aid mentality

I can hardly wait to set a list of the replacement term options.

"Sooo, whaddya think? we got, uh, service chambers, repair cavities, refinement ports or redress vaults?"

I vote for "personnel apertures".

Was anyone genuinely triggered by manhole? This is bullshit makework and virtue signaling at its finest.

If one didn't know what "manhole" meant, it would probably suggest something nsfw ;) Terms involving "cavity" or "aperture" also seem open to misinterpretation. How about "vertical personnel ingress".... hmmm, nah

'(Utility/Sewer) access shaft' works just fine for me. We can call manhole covers 'AS covers'

edit: I figure that them being referred to humourously as 'ass covers' will a) give the utility workers a bit of fun, and b) isn't really specifically gendered enough to be a problem