Gender is one of the top issues in our current society. As a freelancer or academician who usually being asked to write article or essays, we must be careful on any word and terms we choose, especially when it is related this issue. Ensure to use 'Gender-Neutral Language' which is a form of linguistic prescriptive that aims to eliminate (or neutralize) reference to gender in terms that describe people. Here are some tips you could learn to avoid gender bias on your writing. Choose gender-neutral terms whenever possible For example, the words policeman and stewardess are gender-specific; the corresponding gender-neutral terms are police officer and flight attendant . Other gender-specific terms, such as actor and actress , may be replaced by the originally male term; for example, actor used regardless of gender. Further, some traditionally gender-neutral terms, such as chairman , are increasingly seen by some, but not all, as being gender-specific