The term is gender-neutral as far as I'm concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: On Whores] Reference
Some quotas are gender-neutral, covering women and men. From Wordnik.com. [Andrea Friedman: Looking to Rwanda for Lessons on Gender Equality] Reference
Have race and gender-neutral alternatives been considered?. From Wordnik.com. [Statement By The President On Affirmative Action] Reference
The handbook goes beyond encouraging gender-neutral language. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The bar, the gym and the swimming pool are gender-neutral spaces. From Wordnik.com. [Radical Islam Checks In] Reference
You thought watching House M.D. was a gender-neutral nighttime activity?. From Wordnik.com. [Jilly Gagnon: What Kind of Person ARE You? Just Ask a TV Advertiser!] Reference
Women go to movies for all kinds of reasons, many of them gender-neutral. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: Because Girls Only Go to Movies Like Transformers 2 For the Chick-Flick Elements in Them?] Reference
Women's groups are largely backing the measure, though it is gender-neutral. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2010] Reference
How do you know whether a demonstrative is gender-neutral or genderspecific?. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
But as it turned out, gender-neutral rules often work against the weaker spouse. From Wordnik.com. [Sauce For The Goose] Reference
The language may appear to be gender-neutral but it has truly become engendered. From Wordnik.com. [Martha St Jean: American Ideals and Afghanistan's Women] Reference
Note: ` imshii (eem-shee; walk) is a special command form that is gender-neutral. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
We have no idea if "gumshoe" is a gender-neutral word but we're keeping it that way. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Smokler: The Shelf Talker: Arugula, Poetry, and New Best Friends] Reference
Financial services have a similar gender-neutral air: you either make money or you don't. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Woman's World] Reference
In Arabic, however, some demonstratives are gender-neutral whereas others are gender-specific. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
At Vassar, my alma mater, I was a leader in our campus movement to get gender-neutral housing. From Wordnik.com. [Morgan Warners: Co-Ed Rooms on Campus] Reference
Back then we were in a phase where all written references to personnel had to be gender-neutral. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
Maureen Dowd managed to use the gender-neutral description "big belly laughs" in her Sunday column. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Friedman: No Laughing Matter] Reference
To remedy this inequity, the lexicographers decided to produce the first "gender-neutral" dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [No Sexism Please, We're Webster's] Reference
But linguists in Baltimore have found that a gender-neutral pronoun has emerged among schoolchildren there. From Wordnik.com. [Informed Reader] Reference
But you're probably better off with gender-neutral standbys like Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys and regular LEGOs. From Wordnik.com. [Family: Scientist At Play] Reference
Icrave a non-risible gender-neutral (not "it") third person sing pronoun in the way normal women my age crave babies. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Mangan: All style and substance] Reference
On the other hand, gender-neutral dress codes, such as the standard white doctor's coat, can mitigate this difference. From Wordnik.com. [Cristen Conger: Just How Good Is Too Good Looking in the Workplace?] Reference
Under this remarkable, gender-neutral charter, Rhode Island became one of the most important colonies in the New World. From Wordnik.com. [Lincoln Chafee: Gay Marriage: A Question of Fairness] Reference
In other words, the adjective comparatives are gender-neutral: They remain the same regardless of both gender and number. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
When I was searching for a gender-neutral term that I could use to describe him, he suggested I call himtoothbrush-leaver. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
They don't use any of my cheating tactics, like making up words to fill in the boxes, or inserting a "gender-neutral" letter. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Pine: Across and Down, Wordplay's a Winner] Reference
In English, most demonstratives are gender-neutral, meaning that they can refer to nouns that are both feminine and masculine. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
As a 47-year-old woman, I have a knee-jerk negative reaction whenever feminine pronouns are assigned to gender-neutral objects. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Ad: Empty "Hope" Won't Improve Our Lives] Reference
The survey found that 98% agree that marriage laws should be gender-neutral; while just 2% feel civil partnerships are adequate. From Wordnik.com. [Something borrowed] Reference
This experiment shows that modern parents -- and teachers -- like to think they are gender-neutral, but maybe they're not, Eliot says. From Wordnik.com. [Separate but equal: More schools are dividing classes by gender] Reference
So it's a gender-neutral sport, and it takes physical strength, it takes physical fitness, but more muscle doesn't make you go faster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Lyn St. James Discusses Her Upcoming Effort at the Indianapolis 500 - May 28, 2000] Reference
English speakers who want to avoid seeming sexist frequently struggle with the lack of a gender-neutral alternative to "he" and "she.". From Wordnik.com. [Informed Reader] Reference
Fine; but why is it that even today, in a more gender-neutral world, only 10 of the 1,125 Forbes 2008 billionaires are self-made women?. From Wordnik.com. [Rachael Chong: Lessons From Coco Chanel, a Self-Made Woman] Reference
Some states have used a gender-neutral model to evaluate jobs and restructure salaries based on the qualifications necessary to do the job. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Buckland: The Senate Should Immediately Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act] Reference
Will eliminating it finally put Americans on the path to a colorblind, gender-neutral Shangri-La where personal achievement is honored and favoritism defunct?. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth Of Meritocracy] Reference
Klawe has been working with Electronic Arts, an established purveyor of shoot-'em-ups, to develop a gender-neutral game for kids who are in the 10-to-14 age group. From Wordnik.com. [No Boys Allowed] Reference
Programs like Broderbund's powerful but utilitarian Print Shop stationery maker and gender-neutral educational fare like Carmen Sandiego and Oregon Trail rank high with girls. From Wordnik.com. [No Boys Allowed] Reference
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