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    The document discusses inclusive language and how to make language more gender neutral. It explains that many languages like Spanish and Catalan traditionally use masculine forms that do not include women. The workshop aimed to find more inclusive words to describe people without reference to gender, such as using "firefighter" instead of "fireman". Participants also learned how to construct sentences in a more inclusive way by using plural pronouns like "they" instead of gendered singular pronouns.

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    Workshop Language

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    The document discusses inclusive language and how to make language more gender neutral. It explains that many languages like Spanish and Catalan traditionally use masculine forms that do not include women. The workshop aimed to find more inclusive words to describe people without reference to gender, such as using "firefighter" instead of "fireman". Participants also learned how to construct sentences in a more inclusive way by using plural pronouns like "they" instead of gendered singular pronouns.

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    Have you ever heard about Inclusive Language?

    This has been the topic discussed by the Spanish / Catalan team in the Mainstreaming Gender Issue. In both Catalan and Spanish languages tend to use the masculine form to express ourselves. That is the reason why we have chosen this Gender Equality issue. Because we believe that it is important to eliminate and neutralize references to gender in terms that describe people. Following, we are going to explain how we did our workshop: First of all, we started with the definition of the topic, to point out the aspects to consider to follow the workshop. Activity 1 VOCABULARY Do you realize that we always talk about fireman, chairman or landlord? Havent you realize that it is only that only includes the masculine form? We tried to find a more inclusive word to assign the same meaning. Words as firefighter, chairperson or owner have the same meaning and include masculine and feminine form.

    USED
    Fisherman Fireman Chairman Policeman Businessman Cameraman Landlord John and Mary both have full-time jobs, he helps her wife with the housework

    PREFERED TO USE
    Fisher Firefighter Chairperson Police officer Business person Camera operator Owner John and Mary both have full-time jobs, they share the housework.

    Activity 2 - GRAMMAR Apart from the vocabulary, also we should take into account about the grammar. The way we construct the sentences could also be sexist, for example: A good manager knows his staff. Can we change the way we write it down to make it inclusive? We have two options: 1. A good manager knows his / her staff 2. Good managers know their staff Activity 3 HOW IS IT IN MY COUNTRY??

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