Language research is turning up some surprising things about how language and gender interact.
It appears that our brains process language differently with male or female speakers. But what about online text? Can you tell whether someone is male or …
Can offensive terms be reclaimed by the people they’ve been applied to? Or are some words best left alone?
In a related issue, sports teams are facing pressure to change their racially-charged names. Should they?
Linguist Daniel Midgley looks at …
Should your language be gender-neutral?
In English, there’s he and there’s she, but if you don’t want to specify, you may be surprised by the choices we have. Which are the most popular? And what’s in the future for …
An equality-minded preschool in Sweden is avoiding the use of gender-specific pronouns like he and she, and referring to the kids as friends, rather than girls and boys.
Is this linguistic egalitarianism, or radical language engineering? Does using gendered …
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