性别歧视语言是指贬低、忽视或刻板印象性别成员或不必要地引起性别注意的词语和短语。这是一种有偏见的语言。

从表面上看，从你的作品中消除性别歧视的语言可能只是一个词语选择的问题，或者确保你的代词不全是“他”和“他”

句子级修订

看看你的代词。你在这首曲子里用过“他”和“他”吗？为了修正这个问题，你可以使用“他或她”，或者，如果上下文允许的话，可以使用复数形式，在一句话中使用更干净的“他们”和“他们”，而不是“他或她”和“他或她”，因为这可能会变得笨拙、冗长和麻烦。

例如，“当一个人出售一辆汽车时，他或她需要找到他或她的头衔文件”可以通过修改为复数来更顺利地完成：“当出售一辆汽车时，人们需要找到他们的头衔文件。”

消除性别歧视语言的另一种方法是将代词改为冠词。你可以在例句中找到“他们”的文件，而不是“他们”的文件，并且不会失去任何意义。如果你想练习识别和消除写作中的性别歧视，请参阅“消除性别歧视语言”中的练习。

寻找偏见

在更深层次上，你会想看看你正在写的文章的细节，以确保它不会以某种方式将所有科学家描绘成男性。戴安娜·哈克在《加拿大作家参考》中写道，

"The following practices, while they may not result from conscious sexism, reflect stereotypical thinking: referring to nurses as women and doctors as men, using different conventions when naming or identifying women and men, or assuming that all of one's readers are men."

一些职位名称已经被修改，以消除我们日常用语中的性别歧视用法。如今，你可能会更多地听到“空姐”这个词而不是现在听起来过时的“空姐”，听到的是“警官”而不是“警察”。而且人们不再使用“男护士”，因为男女护士在医疗环境中都很常见。

你会想看看你写作中的暗流。如果你在写小说，你会看到一些东西，比如女性（或男性）角色被描绘成复杂的人，或者他们只是用作情节工具，像硬纸板站立一样扁平？

实例和意见

确保平等非常重要。以下是该问题多方面的一些例子，包括讽刺有助于说明问题的一个方面：

"Questions and criticisms of sexist language have emerged because of a concern that language is a powerful medium through which the world is both reflected and constructed. ... Some have claimed that the use of generics (such as 'mankind' to refer to both men and women) reinforces a binary that sees the male and masculine as the norm and the female and feminine as the 'not norm' ..." — Allyson Jule, "A Beginner's Guide to Language and Gender." Multilingual Matters, 2008

语境中的语言

The 'language as sexist' prong of language and gender studies has faded in the last two decades. ... It was soon realized that a word could not unproblematically be derided as sexist since it could in principle be 'reclaimed' by a given speech community (queer probably being the most famous actual example)." — Lia Litosseliti, Jane Sunderland, eds. "Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis." John Benjamin Publishing Company, 2002

《办公室》中的性别歧视语言

Michael: Okay, so what I want to engage us in today is a hardcore discussion about women's problems and issues and situations. Magazines and TV shows and movies portray women as skinny, tall goddesses. Well, look around. Are women like that? No. No, they are not. [Points to Pam] Even the hot ones aren't really that skinny. So what does that say? That says that you women are up against it. And it is criminal. Society doesn't care. Society sucks. I don't even consider myself a part of society, FYI, because I am so angry over all of this. ... Karen: What you're saying is extremely misogynistic. Michael: Yes! Thank you. That was not necessary, but I appreciate it. And it proves my point: Women can do anything. Karen: I'm saying that you're being sexist. Michael: No, I'm being misogynistic. That is insane, I'm not being sexist. Karen: That's ... it's the same thing. — Steve Carell and Rashida Jones, "Women's Appreciation." The Office, 2007