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Advocates of gender-neutral language modification consider this to be sexist, and exclusive of gender non-binary people .They argue that for the widespread use of gender-neutral Spanish, which they deem more inclusive.

Advocates for gender neutrality in Spanish also stress the underlying sexism of words whose feminine form has a different, often less prestigious meaning. Some argue that a gender neutral Spanish can reduce gender stereotyping, deconstructing sexist gender roles and discrimination in the workplace.

Another example is hombre público, which translates literally to "public man", but means politician in Spanish, while mujer pública or "public women" means prostitute.

In Spanish, as in other Romance languages,

Advocates of gender-neural language modification consider this to be exclusive and sexist, favoring new ways of writing and speaking.


 * El policía' (the policeman). Since la policía means "the police force", the only productive feminine counterpart is la mujer policía'' (the police woman) A similar case is 'música' (meaning both "music" and "female musician").


 * Juez ("male judge"). Many judges in Spanish-speaking countries are women. Since the ending of juez is uncommon in Spanish, some prefer being called la juez while others have created the neologism jueza .

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One study, conducted in 2014, looked at Spanish students' perception of gender roles in the information and communication technology field. As predicted, the study revealed that male and female Spanish students alike view ICT to be a male-dominated field. This could correlate to the use of gender in Spanish language, including the use of masculine nouns in many historically male-dominated fields(see examples).