Can gender-fair language reduce gender stereotyping and discrimination?

Can gender-fair language reduce gender stereotyping and discrimination?

Gender-fair language (GFL) aims at reducing gender stereotyping and discrimination. Two principle strategies have been introduced to make languages gender-fair and to treat women and men symmetrically: neutralization and feminization. Neutralization is achieved, for example, by replacing male-mascul...

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Main Authors: Sabine eSczesny, Magdalena eFormanowicz, Franziska eMoser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Social Change
Gender stereotypes
social discrimination
Gender Equality
Gender-fair language
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00025/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00025/full

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