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What "m/f" or "m/w" mean in these job postings?

• hopefully 14y ago
  "male/female", or "männlich/weiblich" respectively.
• barry-cotter 14y ago
  male/female maennlich/weiblich i.e. We'll employ you regardless of your genitalia.
  • notJim 14y ago
    That's what I thought. Can employers in Germany actually choose to hire men or women for a position? And under what circumstances is that allowed or common?
    • juri 14y ago
      The use of f/m or w/m results from the fact, that most of the job titles are gender specific, as are german nouns in general. An example: Programmierer is a male programmer, Programmiererin is a female programmer. So "Programmierer (w/m)" is a shortcut for "Programmierer oder Programmiererin"
      • notJim 14y ago
        Ahh, I see. I also noticed some postings that said “Programmierer(in) (m/w)”, which seemed redundant, so it kind of threw me off the trail. Thanks for the info!