Revolution!! through gender pronouns
Manas Human
Tech and optimization enthusiast. Green. Co-founder, Nagarro. Earlier Manas Fuloria.
One of my most satisfying contributions to Nagarro has been the broad adoption of "he or she" instead of always just "he", "his or her" instead of always just "his", and so on.
The world can be changed one word at a time.
When you say "software engineer" or "software architect" and reflexively attach a masculine pronoun to it, you are, in my opinion, perpetuating a stereotype.
Stereotypes are insidious. Each year, when Women's Day comes around, I search Google for these terms: CEO, secretary, boys toys, girls toys. The results? The CEOs were all men. The secretaries were all women, sometimes in promiscuous poses with their male bosses. Boys toys were all cars and trucks and machines. Girls toys were a florid sea of pink, all dolls and dollhouses.
This year, there are more women CEOs in the Google search results, which is great progress. But the rest of the stereotypes continue. Try it for yourself and judge.
So we have a lot of work to do. Don't know where to start? Please join this silent revolution by pronoun.
(And I know pronouns can be more LGTBQ-inclusive as well, happy to learn more.)
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2yPlain and simple ..Took just less than a minute to read but very powerful message..Thank you Manas
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2yGreat Article Manas Fuloria and this is just the beginning of getting companies to adopt DEI as a system. Do you know Linkedin has also added this feature in the profile section? Pronounce. I am still awaiting the update to add mines. Some parts of DEI we can adopt but it is going to be a big shift and that would be encouraging. Thanks
@Nagarro | @Ex-TCS Full Stack Developer, working with Node, Java and Angular technologies at Nagarro Softwares.
3yReminds me of a day, when Manas Fuloria pointed to use the word 'Folks' instead of 'Guys' while addressing a meeting.
Founder@Beyondiversity | Founding Leadership team @Plaksha | Gender equity expert | Board member
3yThank you for sharing this. Another great way to be inclusive is to ask people how they would like to be addressed - this is especially to be more inclusive beyond binary definitions of gender. As a good practice, many senior leaders are adding their pronouns in their introductions - a small message to showcase support and be allies to LGBTQ communities.
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3yVery Interesting topic. Language appears to play a particularly important role in molding individuals’ attitudes toward gender and occupation. Even when explicitly told that (“he/him”) are meant to include all genders, using male pronouns causes readers to imagine men, which is unfair. I have a daughter (5 years old) and I tried really hard to keep her aside from all these stereotypes and that her favorite toy and color should be the ones she actually loves. But we are in a society where even if you try hard you have other factors which lead to your failure like 1. Neighbour's daughter who loves dolls 2. All those stereotype girly cartoons 3. School friends group who loves pink color But I have not given up, I am still trying.