Any woman who jumps on this bandwagon will be making a fool of herself (himself?) too.

What Morrison should have done first was to consult some of the women who use language professionally. 

Actresses, authoresses and “editresses” decided long ago that the masculine forms of their working names included them too, and no-one objected. 

So if a woman wants to be one of the guys, she has only to decide to be one.

After that, Morrison should have looked back on his own career. 

Any Chief of Army knows that the Constitution refers to the Governor- General only as “he” – yet Chief of Army David Morrison was perfectly happy to have all the armed forces commanded by a Governor-General who was a woman.

Quentin Bryce was definitely one of the guys back then, with no need to make any sort of politically correct changes. 

David Morrison would be well advised to follow his own precedent, and to do so very quietly.

Grant Agnew

Cooper Plains