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How Gendered Languages Are Changing. Jugopop.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Changing the Way We Think About Men

In most languages, you use the male forms when gender is unknown or mixed. This sets up the potential for people to think more about men since the masculine forms are ment yactivated over and over again. Some strategies that have been adopted in languages other than english include alternating between male and female form for generic references. And using gender neutral terms such as havera (for friends), studentnn (for a group of students)

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