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A cardboard sign calling for inclusive language at a feminist protest in Madrid, 2013, with basic usage instructions. Inclusive language is a language style that seeks to avoid expressions that its proponents perceive as expressing or implying ideas that are sexist, racist, or otherwise biased, prejudiced, or insulting to particular group(s) of people; and instead uses language intended by its ...
Lila (Hinduism) Lila (Sanskrit: लीला līlā) or leela (/ ˈliːlə /) can be loosely translated as "divine play". The concept of lila asserts that creation, instead of being an objective for achieving any purpose, is rather an outcome of the playful nature of the divine. As the divine is perfect, it could have no want fullfilled ...
This divine judgment is to take place, according to the Biblical view, on earth, and is intended to be particularly a vindication of Israel. [13] This Day of Judgment ("Day of the Lord") is portrayed vividly in the Book of Jubilees and particularly in Enoch. The leading idea in Enoch is that the Deluge was the first world-judgment, and that the ...
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, [ 1 ] such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation. [ 2 ] Discrimination typically leads to groups being unfairly ...
Discrimination. Linguistic discrimination (also called glottophobia, linguicism and languagism) is unfair treatment of people based on their use of language and the characteristics of their speech, including their first language, their accent, the perceived size of their vocabulary (whether or not the speaker uses complex and varied words ...
Disability and religion. The intersection of disability and religion concerns the manner in which disabled people are treated within religious communities, the religious texts of those religions, or the general input from religious discourse on matters relating to disability. [1] Studies on the relationship between religion and disability vary ...
v. t. e. Article 15 of the Constitution of India forbids discrimination on grounds only of religion , race, caste, gender, or place of birth or any of them. It applies Article 14 's general principle of equality in specific situations by forbidding classifications made on protected grounds. [1] While prohibiting discrimination based on ...
Hindu texts present diverse views on the position of women, ranging from feminine leadership as the highest goddess, to limiting gender roles. The Devi Sukta hymn of Rigveda, a scripture of Hinduism, declares the feminine energy as the essence of the universe, the one who creates all matter and consciousness, the eternal and infinite, the ...