Think about words like "mankind, congressmen, or guys" — chances are, you've thought about how terms like these encourage the idea that manhood and masculinity are society's baseline. This linguistic ...

When an exam board for England, Wales and Northern Ireland recently clarified that students are now permitted to use ...

I was extremely nervous to begin studying Arabic at Georgetown University. Like most people who study Arabic, I had some valid concerns about learning a language radically different from my first ...

The use of gender-inclusive language may not in itself help women in the workplace, a new study shows. Researchers could not find that its use in English and German had an impact on the short-term ...

Some Hebrew students face a difficult task: describing themselves or what they are doing, partly due to the language’s strict gender rules. But thanks to a CU Boulder student and an instructor, a ...

Gender-inclusive language isn’t typically something you learn in school, but its use is incredibly important to make life easier for nonbinary peers. There are ways to practice gender-inclusive ...

As featured last month in Bloomberg Equality, JPMorgan Chase has eliminated gender-specific language from its bylaws, including replacing “chairman” with “chair” and removing gendered pronouns like ...

There has been much debate recently about the way women who work in our federal parliament are treated. This discussion has highlighted that society continues to place very different values on the way ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sheila writes about work culture, age and talent sustainability. Younger people between the ages of seven and 22, also known as ...

We can distinguish between two major sources of information that contribute to gender stereotypes. The first is direct experience. For example, one may observe that most nurses are women and most ...

In recent months, several red-state legislatures have sought to restrict gender-transition procedures for minors. Critics of these efforts often describe them as “anti-trans” or “anti-LGBTQIA+.” In a ...

A movement to make Spanish grammar less centered on male terms has gained broad adherence, including from President Alberto Fernández. By Daniel Politi BUENOS AIRES — Three days into Argentina’s ...