GENDER DIVIDE THE LONG ROAD TO TOLERANCE
GENDER DIVIDE THE LONG ROAD TO TOLERANCE

Summary/Abstract: The present article will explore tolerance towards gender issues and the importance ofvarious attitudes of the non-native English language professional in Romania. The authorraises more questions than offers answers. However, the author tries to clarify someconcepts related to gender and tolerance, with a focus on business communication. It alsolooks at sexism in language suggesting ways to avoid it by using gender neutral language.The article concludes that although gender-neutral language is an advance towardsacceptance of gender equality in some areas of language use, it does not challenge theunderlying conventions which make masculine gender the norm

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