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Katherine Plumhoff
February 19, 2021
For Employers

What's the Best Way to Refer to Disability?

After a brief hiatus, we're picking our series of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) terms back up!

This month we're looking at different ways of addressing people with disabilities.

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Gender Neutral Language in the Workplace
Alli Smalley
November 28, 2018
For Employers

Gender Neutral Language in the Workplace

Why It Matters & 3 Tips for Getting Started

I've found that requests for gender neutral or inclusive language are often met with eye rolls. And not just from men.

I should know - as a college sophomore, I rolled my eyes big time when my Psychology of Gender professor said that using terms like "mankind" helped to sustain gender inequality. I still have my notes to prove it: "Obviously mankind refers to men and women." It wasn't until she had us engage in a brief thought experiment that I really understood her point.

It was simple: what do you picture when you think of "man" discovering fire?

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