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Inclusive language: a brief guide on everything that is happening

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1.- Generic masculine

According to the academic precept, 'masculine nouns are not only used
to refer to individuals of that sex, but also, in appropriate contexts, to
designate the class that corresponds to all individuals of the species without distinction of
genders". Grammar, RAE, 2009.
It often happens that women are the majority in forums. This occurs not only in
meetings and professional gatherings of very diverse kinds, but also, for example, in the
female sport, which increasingly has more presence in the media, or in the composition
of the different Governments. Many speakers feel that, in order to properly gather
this fact, the generic masculine is insufficient. This means that, in the face of a majority, because of
For example, when talking about ministers, it would be most appropriate to discuss the ministers of the Government, encompassing
with this denomination to men and women, instead of doing it the other way around.

The academic stance is clear on this matter: in Spanish, the masculine is the non-gender.
marked.
In grammar, an unmarked element is:

• the one with a more general sense;

• the widest distribution;
• the one that recovers by default when there are no specific morphemes.

The Grammar explains that "masculine nouns are not only used to refer to the
individuals of that sex, but also, in appropriate contexts, to designate the class that
corresponds to all individuals of the species without distinction of sex," as in The lion is
an animal whose habitat must be protected. That is why the RAE's consultation service explains
that 'the students', in masculine, 'is the only correct way to refer to a mixed group,
although the number of female students is higher than that of male students.

The latest academic grammar mainly offers two reasons in defense of this.
generic masculine:

• Linguistic economy: it is considered that alternatives, such as unfolding each appeal in

two genders are an unnecessary circumlocution most of the time.
• The grammatical concordance: before solutions such as systematic doubling, it would go to
be much more complicated.
However, beyond always resorting to splitting, some voices call for, if it
for example, when speaking to an audience with a majority of women, address it in the feminine.
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making this genre the unmarked one; but this proposal has the problem that it can
end up forcing the speaker to keep an exact count of the number of men and women
presents, and therefore it does not seem like a very practical solution.

The truth is that, in certain contexts, some speakers occasionally use the
generic feminine: last year, the media echoed the words of the coach of the
women's basketball team. Their "we play happy, we play calm" caused
Amazement in the media: a man includes himself in a generic female form in a speech sample.
as spontaneous as a coach talking to his players. Asked about that
female, responded with a logic that for him was crushing: 'But they are all women and the
I am the only man, who doesn't even play!

At Fundéu, we believe that these are the triggers that begin to drive change.
grammatical in a language (slower, more complicated to achieve than any change
orthographic or lexical). When these uses become generalized, when the majority of speakers in
in their daily lives, naturally, understand that the feminine is more appropriate than the masculine in
some situations and use it this way, we will be facing a majority phenomenon; this use of
feminine will be a tacit consensus in the minds of the speakers. And then Grammar
academic, notary of the language, will likely record that the masculine is no longer the only one
correct way to refer to a mixed group.

2.- The feminine of positions, jobs, and professions

The presence of gender markers in the names that designate professions or activities.
performed by women is subject to some variation. The language has embraced, therefore, in
certain media voices like "bedela", "coronela", "edila", "fiscala", "jueza", "médica" or
"plumber", but these and other similar terms have had uneven acceptance.
generally based on geographical and social factors, in addition to properly
morphological. Grammar, RAE, 2009.

How many genders does Spanish have?

Gender is a property of nouns and pronouns that has effects on the

agreement with determiners, adjectives, quantifiers, etc. Nouns in
Spanish can only be masculine or feminine, but demonstratives, quantifiers,
the articles and personal pronouns can also be neutral: this, that, that one; both,
how much, a lot...;loyello.

Is there a strict correspondence between gender and sex?

No. The gender of nouns does not always correspond to the biological sex of the referent.
When the noun refers to a living being, gender can differentiate sex (lion,
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Leona); but in the rest of the cases it is an independent grammatical property: the table is
feminine, the forks masculine.

How is gender marked?

To mark gender, there are different possibilities:

• Morphemes: endings such as -a (girl), -esa (abbess), -isa (poetess), -ina (heroine), -
era (cocinera), -ana (decana), - óloga (psicóloga), -ada (magistrada), etc.
• Different roots: horse, mare (they are called heteronyms).
• Determinants and other concordant elements: the artist, the female artist (they are known as
common in terms of gender) .
In addition, there are ambiguous nouns that can be used in feminine or masculine.
indifferently (the sea, the sea), and the epicenes, which refer to a living being of either sex
with a single gender, like the mosquito (male/female mosquito).

There are certain correspondences

• Most of the feminine nouns ending in -ason: cup, chair, girl, but there are some exceptions.
cases like climate, day map.
• Most finishes in -oson are masculine: notebook port, but there are also
feminine like a hand.
• The endings in consonants or in other vowels can be masculine or feminine.

Common personal nouns regarding gender

Terms such as spouse distinguish gender by agreement rather than through

Your spouse is sick.

The problems arise especially with those common nouns that denote
professions, positions, titles, jobs or activities. In the evolution of many of these
names, the usual process tends to be that those that were traditionally masculine become
be common and from there to have a full feminine form, especially those that belong to
areas to which women have been gradually incorporating (the partner, the partner, the female partner;
the judge, the judge (female), the female judge; the bishop, the bishop (female), the female bishop, and many more.

Thus, many of these nouns that were previously considered common in terms of gender
and they make the masculine end in -o present today the feminine end in -a: lawyer, referee, architect,
plumber, minister, etc.

The academic grammar indicates that "... it has been proven that the presence of gender markers
the names that designate professions or activities performed by women are subject to
certain variation, sometimes only from relatively recent times. The language has embraced,
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well, in certain circles voices like comobedela, coronela, edila, fiscala, jueza, médicaoplomera,
but these and other similar voices have had uneven acceptance based on factors
geographical and social in addition to strictly morphological.

At Fundéu, we have always offered the fully feminine form of those positions.
and professions that, according to the morphology of our language, can have it.
We recommend, for example, pilota, obispaoedila. And we do this being aware that
they have an irregular acceptance. We know that many people find them 'off-putting', but
we also know that the fact that a word sounds good or bad is not in itself a criterion
linguistic.

Speakers, in the end, are the ones who always decide. At Fundéu, we try to make that the case.
informed decision among grammatically valid, correct options. Our work is
getting people to know that they can say judge as well as the female judge, then it's up to each one.
speakers who ultimately employ one word or another. The ones that triumph, the ones that
mostly will be used, will be the ones that will remain and will be alive in the lexical flow of
the language; the others will fall by their own weight in the evolution of Spanish.

The feminine that designated the woman of...

The Academy indicates that "feminine nouns have almost completely disappeared that
formerly referred to the wife of those who held certain positions (coronela, governor,
judge), and the meanings in which these names refer to the woman have been imposed.
"it begins to exercise them." Nonetheless, it also indicates that "it is still perceived in some nouns.
feminine certain contemptuous or undervalued burden that they carry as a reflection of culture
and of the society in which they were created." Many of those nouns still retain that
meaning in the academic dictionary, but they are usually preceded by a label that alerts to
that are rarely used today.

At Fundéu, we believe that the best way for those voices to stop having that burden
Peyorative means using them naturally in the appropriate contexts, to employ arbitrarily when the
a judge of a match is a woman, a pilot when a woman competes in the Dakar, president.
engineer, medical architect when we are faced with those professionals. Overcome the joke
easy and to use those feminine nouns with the same naturalness as their
male equivalents.

The military rank

The academic Grammar indicates that "nouns are usually common in terms of gender.
that designate degrees of the military scale." The RAE does not recommend "soldada," it points out that it is
common to employ female soldiers and soldiers. In America, it is documented commander,
general, sergeant, lieutenant, etc. Captain is more common for the woman who commands a ship.
and a sports team, ysargenta, for example, appears in the academic dictionary with the
acepciones de ‘mujer autoritaria’ y ‘corpulenta’.

Feminine and names of disciplines

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Many people feel resistance to forming certain feminine forms (music, chemistry,
planter); the reasons are diverse, but at times it is noted that those words
"they mean something else now". Music and chemistry, in fact, are already used to designate both.
subjects, and a gardener is a type of planter. Linguistically, however, this is not
an objection; polysemy is a normal phenomenon in the lexicon, it happens with many others
the fruit vendor, not to go any further, is both the gentleman from whom we buy the fruit and the
bowl in which it is stored.

3.- The splitting

The academic Grammar indicates that it is a recent trend, of intensity.
variable and more characteristic of journalistic texts, official media, of language
administrative or of the school texts. It is generally accepted in vocatives, and in
the rest of the cases, only when the context does not make it sufficiently clear that the masculine
plural includes both sexes.
The term lexical doubling refers to the explicit mention of both genders. This means that it is about not
say only children to refer to both boys and girls, but rather to write it mentioning
both genders.
The academic grammar notes that doubling is a recent trend, although
consider that its intensity is variable and seems to be more characteristic of certain texts
journalistic, from official media, from administrative language or from school texts than from
spontaneous speech that is heard in the streets of different countries in the Spanish-speaking world.

The double mention, for both masculine and feminine, is common in vocatives (fixed formulas)
Ladies and gentlemen, interpreted as a mark of
courtesy; but, except for those uses, the Academy indicates that it is artificial and that it is a
unnecessary circumlocution when the use of the unmarked gender is sufficiently explicit
to encompass individuals of both sexes.
When, in very specific cases, the context does not make it sufficiently clear that the masculine
plural equally includes people of both sexes, and the opposition is thus relevant, the
options collected by the Grammar are:
• The splitting: "Spanish men and women can serve in the Army."
• A note or modifier: "The team will be made up of professionals, both men and
women.

In light of this normative viewpoint, many institutions have developed in recent ...
manual times of inclusive language. The idea is that the discrimination suffered
certain groups must be eradicated through equality policies; an essential part
this is precisely the transformation of communication patterns to ensure that
these should be inclusive.
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In these guides, splitting is one of the options offered to avoid making use of
always of the generic masculine. It is worth clarifying that these manuals do not propose that
systematically unfold all the determiners, nouns, adjectives, etc., that have
flexion, but the splitting is an option, among many others, that can be resorted to.
occasionally, always bearing in mind that its recurrent use in written texts generates
confusion and weariness in the reader.

One of the contexts in which it is often used and in which the splitting works well
is in forms and in the headings and signatures of many documents, in which also
save space (Mr./Mrs., the undersigned). Nevertheless, most guides recommend
make reasonable use of this alternation.

4.- Names of collectives and other resources

In addition to splitting, there are other alternatives that can help us avoid the
systematic mention in masculine. Among them are collective nouns ('the ...
"teaching staff" instead of "the teachers") and the abstract concepts ("the administration" or "the mayor's office").

Along with the unfolding, there are other alternatives that are often suggested and employed in the
manuals for inclusive language to avoid systematic mention in the masculine.

Among them are collective nouns and abstract nouns. The Grammar
academic indicates that these substitutions "are imperfect from a lexical point of view or
from the syntactic point of view and can also be inadequate, in addition to being impoverishing." According to
this work, my teachers does not equal my teaching and our neighbors to our
neighborhood.
However, in most inclusive language guides, the meaning of
teachers of the teaching staff and this latter is preferred. Some of the resources to which
these manuals frequently refer to:

• Collective nouns: the interested person instead of the interested one, or the
citizenship for the citizens; so also the students, the team, the civil servants, etc.
• Epicene nouns: spouse, person, victim, clientele template.
• Abstract nouns: direction, presidency, mayor's office, secretariat, etc.
• Paraphrase: the human being for the man or the administrative personnel for the administrators,
the working class, the educational community...
• Omission of the subject: they can send their resume... instead of the interested parties they can send
his curriculum..., it can be claimed in... in front of the affected person it can be claimed in..., take note
keep in mind that in front of the user will take into account that...
• Use of relatives: whoever requests the aid for which they request the help.
• Reformulations: they are very interested.
• Explanatory appositions: teaching staff will be hired, both men and women, for
the care of...
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• Omission of the noun in some constructions: free entry for children under 12
years instead of for children under twelve years old.
• Determiners and gender-neutral pronouns: each participant by the participants.

It is worth clarifying that all these resources are valid options considered in the correct
Spanish grammar. According to the syntax of our language, it is equally correct
children under 12 years old or talk about the working class
to say that a claim can be made, instead of that the affected person can claim. What happens is that
The academic Grammar does not have, as such, a section on inclusive language. When it is used
of these topics, it is done in its chapter on gender. But the fact that the Academy does not
list a series of tips to apply in this subject does not turn these resources into
incorrect. All the options mentioned here are correct and common structures in
our language, validated in its corresponding sections throughout the work.

Being, as they are, valid options, it is up to each speaker to decide when and
for what they are applied, exactly the same as is done with the rest of the tools of our
language. Some speakers, aware or wanting to raise awareness about inclusive language,
they will be used systematically; others may never do so for that purpose, but
they surely use similar mechanisms with other topics (we have all gone in circles to
to avoid a word on some occasion or we have chosen one term or another depending on
specific connotations or we have tried to be inclusive with sensitivities different from the
our in very diverse matters).

At Fundéu, we believe that languages provide enough resources for each speaker to
feel comfortable with the use of language, so that you can express yourself according to your ideas and
according to their way of understanding the world and their relationship with others. We do not intend, nor
we will never pretend to impose some forms to the detriment of others; but we have no reservations in
propose and disseminate resources that best highlight women.

5.- The x, the @, the -e

Sometimes, it has been suggested as a possible alternative to not always use the
masculine endings replace these with "more neutral" ones. Some
proposals use the @, the letter 'x', and even the vowel 'e', but these options present
some problems.

They can be admissible in certain contexts as a creative verbal manifestation and

provocative, like a graphic resource more typical of banners and slogans, in which
Visually it can be expressive, but it is recommended not to use it in general texts.
since it also presents the problem of the impossible pronunciation of the resulting words.

The fact that @ or laxsirvan is precisely used to not mark one gender or another in any way
express has led some groups in the LGTB community to use these options
to refer to those people who do not identify as women or men
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that they do not always do it in the same way and that they do not want to be limited to a binary system that
they consider it constrictive.

6.- Major milestones

From time to time, the use of more or less novel feminine terms in the media
communication or in the political debate makes us all question ourselves for a few days
for the validity of those expressions. We will review some of the most talked about ones.

Member

In July 2008, the Minister of Equality of Spain used this feminine form and caused an uproar.
media and social. This is the state of the issue in the main reference works:

• In the Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts (a work published in 2005) the term member is included.
as a masculine epicene, that is, it would be appropriate to say María is a member of... Already in this
It is noted that its use as a common noun is spreading, that is to say, that it is said
miembro, la miembro.
• The latest grammar from the Academy indicates that the use of 'demiembra' is documented, but it
explicitly rejects; instead, other authors defend the word by considering that
morphologically well-formed and that is evolving in the same way as society, because
Until a century ago, 'socio' was only used as masculine, and today 'socia' is accepted.
• In the academic dictionary, it appears as masculine and feminine: the member, the female member.

It has a certain use, especially in Central America and Mexico, although it can also be used.
find in other countries, such as Argentina and Spain. Ngram collects usage since the decade of
1950.

President

In the consultation service of Fundéu, knowing whether 'sipresidentaes' is a correct term is a

recurring issue. This female voice has been accepted by the RAE Dictionary since 1803.
and it has been in use, at least, for four centuries.

There are many jokes made with other voices that end in -ntey that do not have
a feminine form. It is often reasoned lightly that if we accept 'presidenta', we will end up
saying that singing as a student is just a small step away from destroying Spanish. Without
embargo, we do not stop to reflect on the fact that we do use other voices
similares:asistenta, infanta, gobernanta, parienta, parturienta, comedianta, postulanta,etc.

It's not about forcing the language by changing adjectives for no reason, but about accepting that simply
they are nouns that have feminine forms in the Spanish language.
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This voice jumped to the media recently when a well-known Spanish politician used it in
the Congress of Deputies. The Dictionary of the Spanish Language states that the
spokesperson term common in terms of gender. Therefore, the feminine is the spokesperson.

Although other voices ending in zh make the feminine by adding an -a (Andalusian,

judge...), in this case it is a compound word whose second element (voice) is already of
for it is a feminine gender term on which another feminine (voza) cannot be constructed.
Nevertheless, it is possible that over time speakers will stop perceiving the
word spokesperson as a compound (just as has happened with others like telescope,
shameless or skyscraper), which will then make it easier for it to flex with the addition of
a final.

In the same sense, the academic dictionary records the word spokesperson, and its
feminovocera, which defines as 'a person who speaks on behalf of another or a group,
institution, entity, etc., carrying their voice and representation'. Although this term has more usage
In American Spanish, nothing prevents it from being used in Peninsular Spanish.

7.- About some specific expressions

At Fundéu, we receive many inquiries about terms that frequently appear in

the media; from the very meaning of the word 'feminism' to the
difference between 'domestic violence' and 'gender violence' or the use of the voice
"femicide". Below we summarize our advice on some of them.

Feminism and machismo, a false pair

Although it may seem hard to believe, there are many people who still think that feminism is a kind of
of the antonym of machismo, a false pair that becomes evident when someone says that
I am neither a chauvinist nor a feminist, I am an advocate of equality.

Those who think this way surely do not know that, according to the Dictionary
academic, feminism is the 'principle of equality of rights for women and the
man and the 'movement that fights for the realization' of that equality. For its part, the same
work defines machismo as 'the attitude of arrogance of men towards women' and
‘form of sexism characterized by the prevalence of the male’.

As can be appreciated in the definitions, these are not two comparable terms, since,
while feminism is the pursuit of equality between sexes, machismo entails a
preeminence of the male.

Domestic violence / gender violence / machismo...

Domestic violence is the one that occurs within the family. It can be perpetrated and suffered.
any of the members of the family nucleus, except for that exercised by a man against his
partner or ex-partner, which is referred to as gender-based violence.
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Gender violence is understood as that which is exercised against women precisely because of their
condition of woman. It can occur both within and outside the family, at work or in
any other area of public life is based on a supposed superiority of a
sex over another and its manifestations are very varied. It is mainly used in the
scope of the couple or ex-partner.

To refer to the latter, numerous documents from international organizations and

legislations such as those of Peru or Ecuador, among others, use the expression violence against
the woman. Other forms such as sexist violence or femicide (in cases) are frequent.
more extreme), etc., which in the media act as contextual synonyms, although some
Groups and collectives understand that they have specific and differentiated meanings.

Spanish legislation employs gender violence, as stated, for example, in 'Law 1/2004,'
of December 28 of Comprehensive Protective Measures Against Gender Violence.
The Gender and Domestic Violence Code establishes the aforementioned distinction between violence.
domestic and gender.

Feminicide

The word feminicide, as well as the variant femicide, are valid forms to refer to the
murder of a woman at the hands of a man due to machismo or misogyny.

The term femicide can be considered formed from the Latin term femina with the suffix -
Femicidio, on the other hand, is a variant that has entered the Spanish language from the voice
femicide is already well established in Hispanic American countries such as Chile or Guatemala,
which actually includes femicide in its legislation.

The extension of this word may have been favored by the influence of other terms
similar created from bisyllabic bases: filicide, parricide, and following this
agenda, femicide. It may also have formed through haplology, a phenomenon that consists of the
'removal of a syllable similar to another adjacent syllable of the same word', as occurs
tragicomic and impudence, based on the original forms tragicomic and impudicicia.

Lastly, it should be noted that these nouns can be used to refer to both the
individual murder of a woman as well as the systematic homicide of women, especially
in areas where there is no strong social or cultural reproach of these acts. For example,
There are cultures where feminicide (or femicide) consists of killing girls when they are born.

Asymmetries in treatment formulas

Although today it is a largely outdated practice, examples can still be found in

that a woman is referred to by her marital status or is presented as the wife of...
contexts in which this reference is not relevant. More rarely today is the mention like the
Mrs. Widow of... However, it is indeed observed with some frequency that in the media...
sometimes he mentions them only by name or with affectionate nicknames when to the
Men are also referred to by their surname or by their title.
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8.- Beyond the text

Prodigious Volcano has created a guide with tips for better communication.
inclusive and clear filled with interesting ideas; among them we highlight some that
go beyond words.

If you are interested in using more inclusive communication, you may have questions when it comes to
to tackle that task. On this small website, we have collected many resources and information
so that communicating in an inclusive manner does not mean building repetitive texts or creating
parodic speeches filled with gender doubles; but, besides introducing mere changes
formalities in the language code, to advance in equality, many more can be done
things.

Prodigious Volcano has created a guide with tips for more inclusive communication and
Clara full of interesting ideas; among them, we highlight a few that go beyond the
words.

• Diversity is inclusive and more productive: large companies are changing their
internal communication and the way they write their job offers. It has been shown that
the most diverse teams perform better and achieve better results because they are more creative.
Therefore, to attract talent, use more inclusive communication.
• The gender markings of words are not the only way to make women visible. If
You need to find examples of illustrious characters, try to include some women among them.
Make them visible, let them be known.
• When choosing a photograph or an illustration, make sure it is not sexist, that it does not make evident the
gender inequality with stereotypical roles.
• Pay attention to the icons, you can create ambiguities and reinforce some ideas without even
realize. A hat does not have to indicate man, a couple can be represented
also with two people of the same sex, etc.
• Review your use of colors: pink is not an exclusive color for girls and blue
It's not just for the boys.
• Sound can also be inclusive: when choosing the voices for videos or other
applications, keep in mind your audience, what that audience is like.
• Avoid referring to women as a social group characterized by their sexual condition.

9.- Language and reality

There is a recurring debate in the world of language and its relationship with society. Many
they believe that it is language that changes as society changes, while
that for others the phenomenon runs in the opposite direction: only driving changes in
the language will achieve that it changes the reality that it designates. Like in almost all
In debates, it is possible that both sides have some point.
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Since Ferdinand de Saussure and his Course in General Linguistics, we know that every sign
Linguistic consists of two parts: a signifier, the word itself, and a signified, the concept.
associated with the term. This indivisible relationship is what ultimately makes it possible
communication, the association between the spoken chain that we emit and the concepts and the
realities we are referring to.

We want to take a moment to focus on the strong association that exists between words and the
reality. If we think of the word dog and close our eyes, which dog do we see? Perhaps
many see a Labrador-type dog or a German shepherd, some may visualize their own
dog or the one they had in childhood, others may think of a famous dog from a movie or
series, and there will be those who think of an adorable puppy.

For communication to be successful, it is enough for us all to imagine a dog, just as it is enough
with which we understand that we are referring to a table with four legs; but, ultimately
instance, the mental image, the meaning or the reference we associate with words, depends
of ourselves. It depends on the time and the era in which we live (we can
to evoke a motor boat, but Columbus would always have visualized it with sails), of the culture
what we share (what image would an Eskimo recover if we asked him to evoke the
concept house?) and our own experiences.

The image also depends on our knowledge of the world. For this reason, in the face of two
grammatically identical sentences such as the pair 'All Spaniards can serve in the
Army" and "All Saudis can serve in the Army" we can understand meanings
different: to infer that in the first sentence the Spaniards include women, while
surely, in the second, the Saudis do not do it.

The study of how knowledge of the world and the shared social and cultural context
affect communication falls into the realm of what is called pragmatics, which analyzes how the
syntax and semantics unfold in real and everyday communication.

So that behind significants like bricklayer, pilot, surgeon, nurse, etc., we can
to visualize both men and women, a termination is not necessarily required for
each genre; what is most necessary, we believe at Fundéu, is a shared and real context
in which there are indeed women and men practicing those professions. It is necessary
that this image remains alive in our minds and in our collective imagination. What is needed
he is an active reference
.
Well, for that active reference to become a reality, that is, for the truly...
women and men feel that no area is barred to them because of their condition as a woman or
As a man, it surely is good to 'campaign' in certain areas.
Bet on the marked endings, on the explicit feminine or masculine; emphasize, as
It is always done in language, that which is intended to be emphasized; seek famous and successful examples.
So that it is clear that whoever wants can.
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Promoting these initiatives is not bad, supporting them with our use of language is not bad either.
It is so, since, as we see, language helps to construct our thoughts and to understand and
share the world.

It is true that absence does not necessarily equate to invisibility, that is, that absence,
for example, in a fully feminine way does not necessarily entail the invisibility of
the woman; but it is also true that, if the goal is to give a more representative image
from reality and, above all, making reality more inclusive, language is one of the
most effective tools. Name what we want to exist, what we want
to identify, promote, and care. Always name one of the first steps and that is it.
precisely because it enables the recognition that is the very foundation of existence.

Languages belong to those who speak them. Spanish, we believe at Fundéu, belongs to its
speakers; but it is undeniable that language is also a symbolic space of power.
Historically, there are numerous examples where certain ideologies have tried,
with greater or lesser fortune, to appropriate some plots, trying to make their ways of
to name would be understood as the natural and unchangeable way of calling things.

The same languages that help us understand each other also serve to fight with each other. Let's never allow that.
that power, which benefits from the disputes between groups, turns us into strangers. Neither the
the history of the evolution of our language should not be a weapon to be thrown. Let us allow that
societies advance and let us support that progress with the resources we have at our disposal.
Maybe that way the day will come when each noun has a full form for each one, and for
each of us or maybe the day will come when the image evoked by the words will be so
plural so that those forms are not even necessary.