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, ...
“For reasons of intelligibility ...”. How masculine generics and alternative forms affect the cognitive processing of a textAbstract. It is frequently argued that gender-fair language impairs processing of textual information. To test this assumption, 86 ...
On the acceptability and psychological impact of generic masculine and alternative person designations in legal textsAbstract. The present study examines the acceptability of different person designation forms in an original legal text. Participants (N = ...
Abstract. Entrepreneurship programs often aim at increasing women’s lower entrepreneurial activities. We investigate how advertisements for entrepreneurship programs can be designed to increase women’s application intentions. Results of an experiment ...