Gender neutral language: Difference between revisions
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Gender-neutral language is also important to many people who have [[Nonbinary gender|nonbinary gender identities]]. For one reason, this kind of talk helps fight against [[nonbinary erasure]], which is the common but wrong and sexist idea that there are only two genders. Since gender-neutral language doesn't give the idea that a person is male or female, it can also apply to people who identify as other genders, outside of the [[Gender binary|gender binary]]. Nonbinary people can ask to be talked about in this way. | Gender-neutral language is also important to many people who have [[Nonbinary gender|nonbinary gender identities]]. For one reason, this kind of talk helps fight against [[nonbinary erasure]], which is the common but wrong and sexist idea that there are only two genders. Since gender-neutral language doesn't give the idea that a person is male or female, it can also apply to people who identify as other genders, outside of the [[Gender binary|gender binary]]. Nonbinary people can ask to be talked about in this way. | ||
'''Some gender-neutral terms''' to use include: | |||
Child instead of son or daughter | |||
Spouse instead of husband or wife | |||
Partner instead of girlfriend or boyfriend | |||
Sibling instead of brother or sister | |||
Mx instead of Mr or Ms | |||
People instead of men or women (usually as a suffix; e.g. congressperson instead of congressman) | |||
Parent instead of mother or father | |||
Betrothed instead of fiance or fiancee | |||
And more! | |||
==Arabic== | ==Arabic== | ||