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2. Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender

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   Languages with grammatical gender, such as French, German, Greek, and Spanish, present unique challenges when it comes to creating gender-neutral language.Unlike genderless languages like English, constructing a gender-neutral sentence can be difficult or impossible in these languages due to the use of gendered nouns and pronouns.

3. Gender-neutral language - Wikipedia

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   Gender-neutral language or gender-inclusive language is language that avoids reference towards a particular sex or gender. In English, this includes use of nouns that are not gender-specific to refer to roles or professions, [1] formation of phrases in a coequal manner, and discontinuing the collective use of male or female terms. [2]

4. Gender neutrality in English - Wikipedia

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   Gender-neutral language is language that avoids assumptions about the social gender or biological sex of people referred to in speech or writing. In contrast to most other Indo-European languages, English does not retain grammatical gender and most of its nouns, adjectives and pronouns are therefore not gender-specific.

5. Inclusive language - Wikipedia

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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 ...

6. 'More inclusive language, more diversity': How language ... - AOL

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   Using masculine pronouns and gendered terms excludes people from religious spaces and jobs, causing a lack of diversity and equality, experts say.

7. ‘Ze/Zir’: Goldman Sachs Encourages Employees to Use Gender ...

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   The firm is distributing a pamphlet to employees that encourages staff to use recently developed gender-neutral pronouns, including "Ze" and "Zir." ‘Ze/Zir’: Goldman Sachs Encourages Employees ...

8. 'No one is trying to erase women': Gynecologist speaks out on ...

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   The post Gynecologist speaks out on importance of gender-inclusive language in her practice appeared first on In The Know. 'No one is trying to erase women': Gynecologist speaks out on importance ...

9. Gender neutrality in languages with gendered third-person ...

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   This leads to sentences such as (5a) in English, and (6a) in French. Example of gender-neutral masculine: English (5) a. If anybody comes, tell him. masculine him used to refer to a person of unknown sex b. *If anybody comes, tell her. feminine her is not used to refer to a person of unknown sex Example of collective masculine: French (6) a.