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Luise F. Pusch is considered the "mother of gender-sensitive language" in Germany
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Mario Wezel / DER SPIEGEL
Binnen-I, colon and gender asterisk: Germany argues over gender-sensitive language.
Moderators such as Anne Will and various speakers in “heute journal” deliberately set mini-pauses for the word politician: inside, spoken: politician - break - inside.
This form should linguistically take into account women, men and intersex people alike.
Just recently, however, a woman failed before the Federal Constitutional Court with the demand that her Sparkasse address her as a customer - she remains the customer.
The linguist Luise F. Pusch, 76, has been observing the debate about gender-sensitive language for more than 40 years - she pushed it forward herself, did persuasive work and dealt with setbacks.
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Ms. Pusch, you are considered the “mother of gender-sensitive language” in Germany.
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