Submitted on Saturday 14th October 2017
Rejected on Monday 27th November 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ban the ageist term 'OAP'. It is discriminatory and demeaning to seniors.
The Equality Act 2010 states that people may not be discriminated against on various grounds, such as race and other characteristics. Calling a group of people OAPs stereotypes them in a negative way by shaping the public's attitude towards them. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageism)
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The UK Government or Parliament aren't responsible for controlling what words people use.
You could start a new petition asking for the UK Government to use different terms in its own documents, if that's what you want to happen.
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