Gender‑neutral pronouns in French exams: how language classrooms respond to linguistic change

When an exam board for England, Wales and Northern Ireland recently clarified that students are now permitted to use ...
Phys.org

Study finds no evidence that using gender-inclusive language alone helps women in the workplace

The use of gender-inclusive language may not in itself help women in the workplace, a new study shows. Researchers could not find that its use in English and German had an impact on the short-term ...
Psychology Today

Masculine, Feminine, or Truly Gender Inclusive?

When the United Nations introduced guidelines with gender-inclusive strategies for six major languages, not everyone was keen to jump on the bandwagon. Some felt the changes altered the symmetry of ...
The Conversation

Chinese only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender‑inclusive one

Including pronouns in introductions, your email signature or your social media bio may seem like a minor detail. Pronouns are just small words we use in place of names all the time. But, like names, ...
The New York Times

In Israel, a Biblical Tongue Meets Gender Politics

A linguistic revolution is underway in the quest for more gender-inclusive language for Hebrew, whose modern form adopted grammatical norms from 3,000 years ago. Not everybody is on board. By Isabel ...