Esti Maryanti - A wife who eager to learn many things

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-ne...