Good WorkManship in 2025

I suspect both my children, both of whom identify as non-binary, would agree that "workmanship" is now a word by itself, it doesn't have gender significance. Out of purely linguistic interest I will get their opinion next time I have a call with them though. Quite different from Chairman for example which definitely does carry an implication. Or indeed "Workman" by itself.

Personally I think there's plenty of more overt sexism in the engineering industry to root out first before we get to this level...plus we need to be careful that getting unnecessarily pedantic on such points allows others to decry the whole process as "woke nonsense" etc. Pick your battles carefully.

But I totally agree with Andy's points, it doesn't seem a good term to use in a standard, because "who decides what's good". Although it's well intentioned.

I suspect both my children, both of whom identify as non-binary, would agree that "workmanship" is now a word by itself, it doesn't have gender significance. Out of purely linguistic interest I will get their opinion next time I have a call with them though. Quite different from Chairman for example which definitely does carry an implication. Or indeed "Workman" by itself.

Personally I think there's plenty of more overt sexism in the engineering industry to root out first before we get to this level...plus we need to be careful that getting unnecessarily pedantic on such points allows others to decry the whole process as "woke nonsense" etc. Pick your battles carefully.

But I totally agree with Andy's points, it doesn't seem a good term to use in a standard, because "who decides what's good". Although it's well intentioned.