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What do we think of gender neutral / gendered language?

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BolloxtoGender · 19/11/2019 10:51

they instead of he/she (I'm not keen on this unless the sex is unknown, or is someone's preferred pronoun)
distinguished guests instead of ladies and gentlemen (not keen either)
Everyone, People/person (glossing over, bland)
Actor vs Actor/Actress (not keen , as pretending that 'Actor' is gender neutral when it is not)
Manhour, mankind to mean generically - I don't mind, and what's the alternative anyway?

Does gender neutral language effectively make females even more invisible? When means that women's achievements and presence, for example, are not recognised.

Thoughts?

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BolloxtoGender · 19/11/2019 10:52

which means not when means

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