inclusive language

inclusive language
   changing the former literary convention that the use of the male gender may also imply the female
   The purist may find the constant repetition of 'he or she', 'him or her', and 'his or hers' more intrusive than inclusive:
    It is a matter of 'gender', or 'inclusive language' as the feminists call it. (Sunday Telegraph, 9 May 1993)

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