L-9c Editing Out Sexist Language EXERCISE 1 / Editing Out Sexist Language. Edit the following sentences to eliminate any SEXIST LANGUAGE. Write not sexist after any sentence that contains appropriate sex or gender references. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book. EXAMPLE 1. In general, a nurse values her role in the healing process. 2. Seeing someone regain his smile again after a few days in the hospital satisfies a nurse’s need for positive feedback. 3. A policeman’s job often consists of long stretches of tedium interrupted by brief periods of high stress. 4. Health-care workers today explain to a person who tests positive for HIV that he has a much better chance for long-term survival than an HIV-positive person did in the 1980s. 5. Many news reports saw the first responders on 9/11 as a brotherhood of rescue workers. 6. Before applying to the Air Force Academy, a student should ask himself if he is prepared mentally and physically to meet the demands of the school and of service to his country. 7. Esther Duflo, a French economist currently teaching at MIT, won the 2002 Elaine Bennett Research Prize, which is awarded by the American Economic Association to a woman economist under the age of forty. 8. Jared Flood is a male knitter and knitwear designer who writes the blog Brooklyn Tweed. 9. Psychologists claim that at times a baby studies his parents’ mouths to learn how to make a sound that is new to him. 10. As you are doing in this exercise, a feminist tries to eliminate sexist terms from her speaking and writing. Name: _____________________________________________________ Class/section: ________________________________