The lawyer wanted to avoid the snares of sexism. The lawyer didn’t want to say to his audience:
He’s the poster boy for his organization.This statement implies that only boys are members of the organization. So the lawyer said:
He’s the poster person for his organization.The audience members were puzzled. They had never heard of poster people!
The lawyer could have avoided sexism and still not sounded ridiculous:
He’s the poster child for success.
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