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German is a very gendered language. Assuming that you’re male, would you be inclined to apply for a job if the description referred only to the “female employe
by rafram 3y ago
German is a very gendered language.
Assuming that you’re male, would you be inclined to apply for a job if the description referred only to the “female employee who will hold this position” and what “her” responsibilities will be?
That’s essentially analogous to the situation that women have when applying for jobs in German-speaking countries.
- blueflow 3y agoThis is a recent thing insisting that words don't include women because they have a male genus. And only in this specific direction. Nobody complains that men are not persons because "person" is always a "she" in German. The burden of proof still lies on the people arguing that word X does not include women.
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