Pronoun ‘hen’ can be used without revealing gender – either because it is unknown, because the person is transgender, or the information is superfluous
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/24/sweden-adds-gender-neutral-pronoun-to-dictionary
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Monday, 22 February 2016
The feminisation of madness is crazy
Women are undervalued because our language stigmatises them as shrill and hysterical. On International Women's Day, it's time to redress the balance
http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2012/mar/08/mind-your-language-feminisation-madness
http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2012/mar/08/mind-your-language-feminisation-madness
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