Lately I’ve had conversations with women and men who have used the terms “feminine” and “masculine” as adjectives to refer to design styles. and they have justified themselves: “understand me, I say this to imagine the visual”.
It is in our hands to change these dynamics (which are unfortunately very common). and you don’t need to be great public figures or prominent activists to invite anyone around us to reflect and deconstruct thoughts that we have taken for granted.
As communication professionals we have great power: if we put on the purple glasses during the working day, we can detect and modify attitudes that slow down the change towards an egalitarian scenario. discussing and providing resources to speak from an equality perspective, makes me feel part of the struggle.
”Male” and “female” should not be adjectives and replacing these terms with others is a very easy exercise, as well as putting into practice as much inclusive language as possible.