Different strategies of gender-fair language have been applied to reduce a male bias, which
means the implicit belief that a word describing an undefined person describes a man. This …

Heated societal debates in various countries concern the use of gender-fair language,
meant to replace the generic use of grammatically masculine forms. Advocates and …

The gender-neutral third-person pronoun singular hen was recently introduced in Swedish
as a complement to she (hon) and he (han). The initiative to add hen initially received strong …

In many languages, feminization has been used as a strategy to make language more
gender‐fair, because masculine terms, even in a generic function, exhibit a male bias. Up to …

The implementation of gender fair language is often associated with negative reactions and
hostile attacks on people who propose a change. This was also the case in Sweden in 2012 …

Gender-inclusive language, such as the Swedish pronoun hen, may aid in breaking a binary
notion of gender and avoid sexism. The present study followed the implementation of a …

To improve gender equality and tolerance toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) communities, several nations have promoted the use of gender-neutral pronouns …

Gender-fair language, that is, referring to men and women with symmetrical linguistic forms,
has been found to promote gender equality, but it is largely unknown which factors help …

Sexist language is language that expresses bias in favor of one sex and thus treats the other
sex in a discriminatory manner. In most cases, the bias is in favor of men and against …

The present research investigates whether arguments encourage speakers to use and to
approve of gender-fair language. We collected and pretested arguments regarding gender …