some traditionalists have argued that to use “they” in the singular is a grammatical error. There is a counter-argument that “they”, “their”, and “them” have long been grammatically acceptable as gender-neutral singular pronouns in English. However, this is largely ...
aprofessional emailmay start with a form of address, like “Mr.” or “Mrs./Ms.” However, if you don’t know the recipient’s preferred pronouns, the one you select may not align with their gender identity. So when in doubt, choose a gender-neutral alternative, ...
Climate action has historically had a gender-neutral lens, but this lack of intentionality allows underlying biases to sneak in and negatively impact women, says gender and climate researcher Zineb Sqalli. Using Vienna, Austria's gender-equal urban planning program as a model for how women can ...
If you work for a public agency, large corporation, or a progressive small or medium-sized organization, you’ll know that International Women’s Day is coming up. In anticipation of this, I’ve seen a lot of internal communications on diversity and inclusion in my own organization. This in...
Ey/em/eirs are shortened versions of they/them/their that began use in 1975 when Christine Elverson entered and won a contest by the Chicago Association of Business Communicators to find neutral pronouns. 4. Mx. (pronounced miks) Mx. is the non-binary version of Ms./Mrs./Miss/Mr., term...
Survey participants were recruited using random digit dialing and address-based sampling techniques. Main Outcomes and Measures Qualitative interviews were used to obtain the perspectives of patients and health care professionals on sexual orientation data collection, and a quantitative survey was used to ...
(war crimes).89 In those circumstances, the issue of non-consent becomes largely irrelevant.90 Third, so-called 'gender-neutral' crimes occurring in these contexts, such as torture, persecution, enslavement and inhumane acts, are not dependent upon the establishment of either the victim's non-...
It would be so easy to use gender neutral language around pregnancy, like referring to “pregnant people” rather than “pregnant women”. It would not harm anyone, it would not “erase women”, it would simply make these spaces more inclusive, and unravel the hard knot of essentialism that...
it's English (data fields should be in the language of the business/user where possible) There are examples in English, but the spec itself is language-neutral. Going back to sex identity in particular, one of the main examples explicitly calls out a case that is non-Western in origin....
This course will provide an overview of issues related to the gender gap and patents as well as patent law. The course will focus on the 2019 “Progress and Potential: A Profile of women inventors on U.S. patents” published by the United States Patent a