⚖️ Gender-biased job titles need to go! #gender #feminism #unlearning #dabunggirl #shorts

Gender-biased titles/language start at a very early age. BYU English professor Delys Snyder says: “When children hear a job title that has a…m-a-n ending, and you ask them to draw pictures or talk about who’s doing that job, they will pick the one that matches the gender of the word.”

According to Judith Baxter, emeritus professor of applied linguistics at Aston University, sexist language perpetuates gender-biased attitudes by defining what we see as normal for both men and women. “Even though the term man could be seen as representing all people, the ending does seem to have the narrow meaning of male when all people who hold that job are male. When a company or government changes the title, the political move opens up possibilities to women and the job title itself does not limit who can hold the job.”

Such changes in job-titles have huge symbolic importance in shifting social attitudes for a more fair and equal society.