Are women included? An empirical study of the generic masculine and its alternativesSummary: The present study was conducted in order to examine what kind of mental representations are evoked by the so-called “generic masculine” and alternative ...
Abstract. In many languages masculine nouns and pronouns can be interpreted to refer to both male and female referents. However, even when the authors expressly point out that masculine forms are being used to refer to both women and men, ...