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neutral-alternatives · un-gender-inclusive-language-guidelines
- Claim ID
- neutral-alternatives
- Assertion
- The UN guidelines advise replacing generic masculine terms with neutral ones (for example "humankind" for "mankind" and "staffing" for "manpower") and list strategies including plural they/their, relative pronouns such as "who", omitting gendered words, passive voice where appropriate, and the pronoun "one".
- Locator
- section: Gender-neutral language strategies
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