Gender-inclusive French
Victor Mair,
Language Log,
Jul 08, 2021
Should it be against the law to teach gender-neutral language? That's not an idle question, as it comes in the wake of a ban on the use of a gender-inclusive writing method announced by France's education minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer, a ban that feels reflective of efforts in the U.S. to ban the teaching of critical race theory. This is a good article that quotes a lot from an article in Foreign Policy that draws the connection between language and wider issues: "rarely do proponents of inclusive writing argue that language is the only avenue for progress. Instead, they point to research that highlights a correlation between gender-inclusive language and attitudes toward gender equity."
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