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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.
Gender neutrality (adjective form: gender-neutral), also known as gender-neutralism or the gender neutrality movement, is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) [1] should avoid distinguishing roles according to people's sex or gender.
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 ]
Uncommon gender-marked terms (conductress, career woman, male nurse, aviatrix), with the possible implication that the participation of the subject's gender is uncommon, unexpected or somehow inappropriate; Non-parallel expressions (man and wife rather than husband and wife). Another example of lack of parallelism would be the use, in the same ...
Features of gender-neutral language in English may include: Avoidance of gender-specific job titles, or caution in their use; [36] Avoidance of the use of man and mankind to refer to humans in general; [37] Avoidance of the use of he, him and his when referring to a person of unspecified sex (see under § Personal pronouns above). [37]
People who question this or use neopronouns "aren’t necessarily nonbinary, but they're buttressing up against the same gender structure and language that people who aren’t invested in being a ...
The article claimed, "‘Latine,’ a gender-neutral way to describe or refer to people with Latino origins, is surging in popularity on university campuses, in museums, and among researchers and ...
The debate around gender-neutral language has become a lightning rod in the culture wars in the Americas, with Milei previously railing against “gender ideology” – a term that has gained ...