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Google Docs to suggest users write using gender-neutral terms
- sldksk 5y ago> ”a new collaboration tool in the Google Workspace that will bring Dogs, Sheets and Slides together more efficiently” Is that the gender-neutral form of “Docs?”
- 1stranger 5y agohttps://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation#ableist-language https://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation#... Not sure what to say.
- stickyricky 5y agoThere are some reasonable suggestions in the document when you understand its purpose. But some of the suggestions are very ... creative?
- raxxorrax 5y agoI think language regulation are divisive, antiquated, and conductive of a toxic workplace atmosphere. This isn't even professionalism to me, because it marginalizes formal distance and etiquette to forbidden words. On the contrary, it fails to reflect why professional distance can actually be of benefit in some cases. This doesn't necessarily include conduct between employees.