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How to Use Gender-Neutral Language and Why You Might Consider To Try

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How to Use Gender-Neutral Language and Why You Might Consider To Try

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These continuous allusions to the binary male and female divisions might be alienating to people who do not fit neatly into the male or female categories. Even people who identify as male or female may be affected by these continuous reminders of gender. Constantly categorizing people as male or female may cause us to regard men and women as more different than they are.

What's the problem with terms like "firefighter," "policeman," "draughtsman," and "chairman"? These words are gendered; they contain the word "man." Such gender-specific phrases fail to recognize the women who work in these fields. Gender-neutral language is made up of terms that do not specify a gender. Although this has changed, many individuals continue to use gendered words. People are shifting away from gendered words and toward gender-neutral language as awareness grows.

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How gender-specific and gender-neutral words appeared

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How gender-specific and gender-neutral words appeared

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After the LGBT movement of 1965 in which they requested to be treated humanely, people have then started accepting them. Although in comparison to the present, we are much more accepting than in the past. The LGBT ideology had grown steadily and bloomed during 2018 where many genders were created. The branches grew slowly but steadily, however, then arrived a new dilemma. The people, although treated them normally, were using gender-specific words. Ever since being homosexual was legalized in 2003, they have started to accept themselves more and more. However, by using gender specific words at them based on their sex, perhaps they feel as though the people don't accept them as they truly are. Thus the appearance of gender-neutral words, “them or they” became a substitute for Him/Her, and words like “cis”  were used to describe those that are “straight” meaning they arent involved in the LGBT movement. As the need for gender neutral words appeared, so did the need for gender-specific words. Some of the LGBT movement were Lesbian or Transfemale, they requested that their pronouns be She/Her and vice versa.

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Language and Society go hand-in-hand in reflecting one another. Societal change is evident through the years and the developments in language to combat sexism is a change that is important to recognize and respect the meaning and acceptance of words to communicate effectively and respectfully.

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neutral terms are nothing new, but people don’t always think to use them. These terms, also called gender-inclusive, remove the sexism or gender indications from words that don’t need to be gender-specific. You may already use some of these gender-inclusive words on a regular basis.

Gender-Neutral Terms to Use With Friends and Family:

From terms of endearment to words for family members and friends, you can replace gender-specific words with gender-neutral options pretty easily.

boyfriend/husband or girlfriend/wife (partner or significant other)

dude or buddy (friend)

fiancée/fiancé (betrothed)

granddaughter or grandson (grandchild)

grandma or grandpa (grandparent)

husband or wife (spouse)

mother or father (parent

niece or nephew (nibling, chibling)

sister or brother (sibling)

son or daughter (child or progeny)

Gender-Neutral Terms for the Workplace:

The workplace can be a particularly tricky place to address gender-specific terminology. Any term that includes “man” or “woman” at the end can often have this part changed to “person” to make it gender-neutral.

businessman or businesswoman (business person)

chairman or chairwoman (chairperson)

crewman (crewperson)

foreman (foreperson)

layman (layperson)

mailman (mail carrier or postal worker)

manned (crewed)

Mr. or Mrs. (Mx (pronounced “mix”))

policeman (police officer)

waiter or waitress (server or table attendant)

General Gender-Neutral Terms You Can Start Using Every Day:

You can also be respectful of the different types of people you might encounter on any given day by replacing some common gendered terms with gender-neutral options.

freshman (first-year student)

girl or boy (young person, kid, or teen)

handsome or beautiful (attractive or good-looking)

hero or heroine (heroix)

human (person or being)

mankind (humankind or people)

man-made (synthetic or machine-made)

upperclassmen (upper-level student)

woman or man (adult)

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Gen Z has a radically different perspective on gender norms. Gen Z individuals, for example, are more likely to have:

They're likely to know people who are using gender-neutral pronouns. Instead of using "he" or "she," Gen Z individuals prefer to refer to individuals as "they."

They consider that gender options on forms and surveys should include alternatives other than male and female. Leaving these out of marketing surveys and other data collection might bias the findings. In the worst-case scenario, excluding alternative gender options may upset some individuals.

Gen Z believes that society should be more inclusive of individuals who do not identify themselves in traditional roles.

Because gender equality movements are being seen and heard by more people nowadays, Generation Z is much more amenable to utilizing gender-neutral language. They also observe that some individuals prefer to use other pronouns with which they are more comfortable.

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Some examples of using the gender-neutral-language in a sentence.

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Some examples of using the gender-neutral-language in a sentence.

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