GENDER EQUALITY – Since the start of the school year, linguists, philosophers, but also citizens have been struggling on the subject…
EDIT of June 15, 2022: In the “Chronology of the history of the French language”, which appears this Wednesday, the authors published under the Bescherelle brand take a particular position on the very controversial midpoint. The opportunity for writing 20 Minutes to offer you for proofreading this article by Delphine Bancaud dating from 2017 (yes). At that time, the sling had fallen on the publisher Hatier who had used inclusive writing and therefore, the famous midpoint.
Wanting to develop the French language is always a risky business. Publisher Hatier realized this again by using inclusive writing in a CE2 textbook released for this fall. The names of professions are written there as follows: agriculturist.rice.s, craftsmen.es, tradesman.es Which triggered a slew of fiery reactions, both positive and negative.
Linguists, philosophers and intellectuals of all types are far from unanimous on the subject. “Inclusive writing is becoming a social issue. Before, it was a quarrel of experts. Because we are going through a period of deconstruction of all the mechanisms of relegation of women, ”says Raphaël Haddad, author of an inclusive writing manual and founder of the Mots-clé agency. VS'(…) Read more at 20 minutes
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