Bug#384178: developers-reference: Rephrase 6.5.2.6 Be gender neutral

[Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>]

Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.3.7
Severity: minor

Hi,

The developer's reference mentions the following in 6.5.2.6 Be gender
neutral:

> The world is made of men and women. Please use gender-neutral
> constructions in your writing. This is not Political Correctness, this
> is showing respect to all humanity.

I'd like to see the last sentence removed.

First, it *is* political correctness to do so; the paragraph matches
exactly the denotation of political correctness.

Second, I find it rather presumptious of the developer's reference to
tell me or any developer how they should "show respect to all humanity".
It's more of an opinion but definately not the factual statement it
purports to be.


Thanks,

Thijs