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The ‘man’ in ‘manholes’ is not Berkeley’s biggest problem

By Madeline Fry Schultz

Published July 22, 2019 6:12pm ET

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The ‘man’ in ‘manholes’ is not Berkeley’s biggest problem — Pedestrians walk past a manhole cover for a sewer in Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, July 18, 2019. | (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Don’t call it a “manhole” in Berkeley anymore.

The city government voted last week to eliminate supposedly gendered words such as “manhole” from its laws.

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