Bias-Free Language.pptx

8/9/2019 Bias-Free Language.pptx

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USINGBIAS-FREELANGUAGE

reporter FERDINAND RAMOS


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Su(sttute gender-neutral +ordsand phrases )or gender-(ased+ords* Do ths )or ttles and

descrptons as +ell*

GENDER

,ROBLEMAI. ,REFERRED

&an% &an/nd

&an the operatonchar&an

people% hu&ant#%

hu&an/nd

sta$ the operatonchar% charperson%

drector


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Include (oth &ale and )e&alere)erence ponts* Do not assu&e&artal or )a&lal relatonshps*

GENDER


)acult# and wives

0ou and #ourspouse aren"ted1

)acult# and guests or)acult# and spouses

0ou and #our guestare n"ted1


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A"od gender-(ased pronouns* Replacegendered pronouns +th one or you ordrop the& and restructure the sentence*

GENDER


Each student should Each student should hand n his ter& hand n a ter&

paper (#*** paper (#***

You should hand n #our ter& paper (#***


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.hangng to plural constructon*

GENDER


Each studentshould hand n his ter& paper (#1

A nurse cares )orher patents1

Students should handn ther ter& papers(#1

Nurses care )or their patents1


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A"od a+/+ard constructon suchas he2she3% s4he% 2s3he% or h&4her*

As a pro)essor e&ertus% - A pro)essor e&ertus ss/he s enttled to enttled to reducedreduced par/ng )ees* par/ng )ees*

GENDER



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Use parallels& to sho+ gendere5ualt# and consstent re)erences*A"od se'ual stereot#png (#el&natng rrele"ant descrptons*

GENDER


Dann# 6ones% astrong athlete% andSu!# Fa"or% anattractive runner1

She shoots like a

man*

6ones% a strong (as/et(allpla#er% and Fa"or% a

powerful runner1

She shoots well*


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I) a drect 5uote s o$ens"e ornapproprate% ether replace ordelete t* For photographs% &a/e sure(oth &en and +o&en are llustratede5uall#*

GENDER


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AGE

When usng a generc age descrpton%consult #our su(>ects re? therpre)erence*

A"od clch@s and general!atons thatren)orce stereot#pes a(out age*


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AGE

Ne+spaper st#le?

)e&ales


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A"od +ords% &ages% or stuatons thatren)orce stereot#pes that &pl# allpeople )ro& a partcular group are the

sa&e*

RA.E AND ECNI.I0

Do not patron!e or g"e to/enattenton to &e&(ers o) racal orethnc groups*


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Sta# attuned to the currentter&nolog# used (# theconcerned racal and ethnc groups

the&sel"es*

RA.E AND ECNI.I0

Negro A)rcan A&ercane*g*

Orental Asan


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RA.E AND ECNI.I0

Wrtten co&&uncatons and "sual&aterals should a& )orreasona(le representaton o) allgroups n"ol"ed*


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he ter&s &par&ent% dsa(lt#%and handcap are not s#non#&ous*

DISABILIIES

IM,AIRMEN* a ph#sologcal condtonDISABILI0* the conse5uence o) an

&par&ent &a# or &a#not (e handcappng

CANDI.A,* the socal &plcaton o) adsa(lt#


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Dsa(led people should not (eauto&atcall# "e+ed as sc/ orha"ng a dsease* Do not

general!e*

DISABILIIES

,ut people rst% not therdsa(ltes* he "suall#&pared student1

he student% +hos "suall#&pared1


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Do not )ocus on a dsa(lt# unlesst s rele"ant to #our &essage*

DISABILIIES

RELEAN

he ne+ nstructor% whosebout with polio left him oncrutches% +ll teach A)rcanCstor#*

IRRELEAN

he author o) the (oo/ on thedsa(led and ther )a&les has(een a paraplegc sncechldhood*


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In photos or llustratons% depctdsa(led people n e"er#da# stuatons*Do not )ocus on ther dsa(lt#*

DISABILIIES


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SEHUALORIENAIONGENDER or

SEHUAL

ORIENAION

SEHUAL,REFEREN.E

I&ples that (engho&ose'ual% (se'ual% orheterose'ual s a &atter o)choce% and that se' s the)ocus o) the relatonshp


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Re)er to socetal groups n the +a# that&e&(ers o) each group pre)er 2*e*so&e pre)er to (e called ga# than

ho&ose'ual3*

SEHUALORIENAION

A"od usng ga# l)est#le or les(anl)est#le* Beng ga# or les(an s not al)est#le t s a )unda&entalorentaton*


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Use les(an and ga# co&&unt# nstead o) the u&(rella ter& gaycommunity *

SEHUALORIENAION

Include the ,O o) so&e(od# +ho sga# +hen reportng on a ga# topc*

he sa&e goes to les(ans% (se'uals%

etc*


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