Summary

Can gender-inclusive language weaken the deeply ingrained stereotype that a political leader is a man? A recent international study, conducted in 42 countries and involving researchers from SWPS University, shows that introducing such forms into language has little impact on how the public perceives political leaders. Women remain greatly underrepresented in positions of political leadership around the world. Currently, only one country in about every eight has elected a woman as head of state or government, and across the world women make up only one in every four parliamentarians.

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