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He, she, or ... ? Gender-neutral pronouns reduce biases – study

Sharer: Science|The-Guardian August 5, 2019 at 11:00 am
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Researchers find usage boosts positive feelings towards women and LGBT people

More than 100 failures litter the battleground that is the hunt for an English gender-neutral singular pronoun. From thon, ip and hiser to hem, ons and lers, the discarded terms have piled up since the mid-19th century.

But the quest for the right word is not in vain, a new study suggests. Using a gender-neutral pronoun, it found, reduces mental biases that favour men, and boosts positive feelings towards women and LGBT people.

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