gender-neutrally

English

Etymology

From gender-neutral +‎ -ly.

Adverb

gender-neutrally (comparative more gender-neutrally, superlative most gender-neutrally)

1. In a gender-neutral manner.
   • 1977, Janice Moulton, “The Myth of the Neutral “Man””, in Mary Vetterling-Braggin, Frederick A. Elliston, Jane English, editors, Feminism and Philosophy, Totowa, N.J.: Littlefield, Adams & Co., →ISBN, page 134:

     If “man” could be used gender-neutrally, its occurrence in a context that applies to both male and female humans, particularly to female humans, would be given a gender-neutral interpretation. Instead, its occurrence in such a context is plainly gender-specific.

   • 2003, Ruth Carroll, “Recipes for laces: An example of a Middle English discourse colony”, in Risto Hiltunen, Janne Skaffari, editors, Discourse Perspectives on English: Medieval to Modern, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 143:

     The primary addressee of the text is consistently addressed gender-neutrally as þu (ȝe when joined by a fellow worker), but the fellow worker is referred to with masculine pronouns: (6) Þu most take a ffelow and set hym on by ryȝt hond, and set on hys hondes iij bowes (96/ 32–34, emphasis added).

   • 2007, Jessica Mills, My Mother Wears Combat Boots: A Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, AK Press, →ISBN, pages 105–106:

     You may even become self-conscious or appalled at your own gender-biased baby talk. This is a good thing! Let your discomfort turn into action, and become more aware to interact more gender-neutrally.

   • 2022 August 25, Frank Sterle Jr., “The words we use matter”, in Clearwater North Thompson Times, volume 58, number 34, page A5:

     I’ve noticed over many years of news media consumption that, for example, when victims of sexual abuse are girls their gender is readily reported as such; but when they’re boys they’re usually referred to gender-neutrally as children.

Antonyms

• gender-specifically