The City Council of Recife advanced with the bill that prohibits the use of neutral language in schools in the capital. The text was approved in the first vote, with 15 votes in favor, 13 against and three abstentions.
The project will still go through a second session, scheduled for next Monday, May 29th. This is because the text reached the Plenary without, first, having the opinion of the thematic committees of the House.
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If approved in this second session, the project to ban neutral language in Recife's schools will go on to be sanctioned by the mayor of the capital of Pernambuco, João Campos (Republicans).
The text is signed by councilor Fred Ferreira (PL). It states that there will be punishments for non-compliance with the lawand the application of neutral language in the classroom. First, it provides a warning.
However:
“If it recurs, the private institution may lose its operating license. In public ones, the civil servants involved in the infraction may be subject to administrative disciplinary proceedings”.
On his social media, the councilor called on the population to take a stand on the project. “We are going to fight so that [the text] is also approved and becomes law. We have to unite, defend our position, ”he said.
A neutral language seeks gender neutrality as a form of inclusion. The idea is to avoid excluding anyone based on their gender identity, sexuality or other aspects.
The most common is to use binary pronouns (he or she) in the construction of sentences. Neutral language proposes the creation of a new gender in grammar, elu, and making adjustments in order to avoid gender connotations.
For example, instead of saying “man” or “woman”, say “person” or “individual”. For cases where a pronoun is used, the adjective should also be neutralized. “She is pretty”, would be “Elu is pretty”.
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