User:Skmpark/Feminist language reform

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Feminization of language refers to when in writing or talking traditional male words are feminized by either using the feminine variant of the word or adding a feminine suffix.

The ongoing feminist movement acknowledges language as a "powerful instrument of patriarchy".

French
Many French occupational nouns have since the 17th century only had a masculine default form. When these masculine words are modified to refer to a woman, a suffix is added. One way to combat this deemed exclusionary grammar was to use a masculine form in reference to a man and a feminine form in reference to a woman in order to make women visible. Other frequently used methods to clarify that the job was also hiring women include having the masculine form of the noun as the role, followed by H/F, or homme/femme (man/woman) and having the masculine form listed with the feminine form in parentheses. Due to the fact that there are gendered distinctions in French nouns, employers must indicate that the job corresponds to either a man or a woman.

In the past, there was confusion when the job was held by a woman as the noun would still be treated as masculine although the position holder was feminine. This then led to writers needed to clarify that they were referring to a woman through other clues in the sentence.

Spanish
In Spanish, feminists have been looking for a language reform since the 1970s. The changes proposed have been more related to the neutralization of expressions, and currently there are also proposals from the grassroots movement using a morpheme to include people who self-identify as non-binary. This is not only the case of the pronoun "elle" but also the use of -e as a morpheme instead of the gender morphemes, -a (feminine) and -o (masculine).

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Language and gender: It crosses disciplinary boundaries, and, as a bare minimum, could be said to encompass work notionally housed within applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, conversation analysis, cultural studies, feminist media studies, feminist psychology, gender studies, interactional sociolinguistics, linguistics, mediated stylistics, sociolinguistics, and feminist language reform and media studies.

Australia
In Australia, there has been a promotion of "Ms." to take the place of "Miss" and "Mrs.", similar to the role of "Mr." This title was meant to rectify gender imbalances, but met challenges as it was difficult to remove the other two widely utilized feminine titles and for all women to accept "Ms." Both men and women play a role in this shift as people must accept utilizing "Ms." while others must accept being referred to as "Ms.," in order for this courtesy title to grow in popularity. Education in Australia plays as large role in this language usage change as it is utilized to gain awareness about gender-bias in language and to formulate gender inclusive alternatives. Furthermore, in Australian English, the usage of the generic masculine pronoun has greatly decreased and has largely been replaced by the singular they in unscripted public speech. This results from non-sexist language reform promoting generic pronouns.