-
Equal Opportunities Office
-
Topics
-
Gender-equitable language
Scientific discourse - Gender-equitable language
‘male professions’. They do not become doctors, firefighters or astronauts (see Vervecken & Hannover 2015). Conversely, boys do not consider becoming an educator, nurse or primary school teacher. In order [...] language helps to break down outdated and sexist stigmatisation among young people (cf. Vervecken 2015). Gender equality at work Current studies show that women still do not feel addressed by male tenders [...] language represents a conscious decision to defend oneself against this sexist system (cf. Sczezny 2015). The simplest and probably also one of the most effective methods of convincing a person to use …