You can’t take Word’s suggestions at face value because human languages are more complicated than software can handle. Just right-click on the word to see the reason for the Inclusiveness flag and suggestions for alternatives. ![]() ![]() You’ll find a purple dotted line underneath any word the Inclusiveness checker has picked up. How are Gender Specific Language words flagged? We’re just testing the ‘ Gender-Specific Language’ option but, as we’ll see, there’s some overlap with the other ‘gender’ Inclusiveness options ‘Gender Bias’ and ‘Gender-Neutral Pronouns’. Maybe ‘man’ should avoided altogether, though Word seems to be ok with ‘manslaughter’b. Rather, Microsoft expected you to change this to ‘utility access hole’ or ‘maintenance hole’ to be more inclusive. ![]() There are some common words you would expect to be picked up, like Spokesman, Chairman, Mankind etc., all relating to a person.īut it was interesting to also find that words such as ‘manhole’ were flagged too. Basically, it is meant to replace ‘sensitivity readers’ that some publishers use to sift through documents for conscious or unconscious bias relating to gender-specific language that might offend readers.
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