Gender stereotypes and related gender discrimination are encoded in and transmitted
through language, contributing to gender inequality. In this article, we review research …

In many languages, masculine language forms are not only used to designate the male
gender but also to operate in a generic fashion. This dual function has been found to lead to …

The public debate on the use of the German nonbinary gender asterisk (Lehrer* in 'teacher')
is emotionally charged. While it has been adopted by political and educational institutions …

Studies of Spanish grammatical gender have shown that native speakers exploit gender
cues in determiners to facilitate speech processing and are sensitive to gender mismatches …

Findings of previous behavioural studies suggest that the semantic nature of what is known
as the 'masculine generic'in Modern Standard German is indeed not generic but biased …

Despite the increased use of different types of gender-fair forms in French, studies
investigating how they are interpreted when presented in a sentence remain few. To fill this …

Gender-fair language aims at promoting gender equality by using terms and expressions
that include all identities and avoid reinforcing gender stereotypes. Implementing gender-fair …

Grammatical gender form influences readers' mental gender representations. Previous
research demonstrates that the generic masculine form leads to male-biased …

An eye-tracking experiment was conducted with speakers of Dutch (N= 84, 36 male), a
language that falls between grammatical and natural-gender languages. We tested whether …

This research explores the different approaches to gender bias in translation technologies,
including machine translation, large language models, and semi-automated glossaries and …