Margaret Atwood’s 1985 “The Handmaid’s Tale” stunned the nation with its depiction of women, who were reduced to mere reproductive instruments. Women, in this novel, no longer bore their names. Those ...

A female-typical language style promotes the popularity of talks in the digital context and turns out to be an underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence. This was shown by UZH ...

Biased language in job adverts can mean the difference between a female candidate applying for or passing up on the opportunity, according to Openreach. Research by the telecoms firm into the language ...

Talking like a woman at online TED Talks is being "uniquely rewarded" with more views according to researchers, who say female language style is an "underappreciated but highly effective tool for ...

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Nowadays, it would be called empowering women. But back then, centuries ago, it was just a way for the sworn sisters of this rugged and tradition-laden Chinese countryside to share their hopes, their ...

Are you a girl, a lady, or a woman? Yes, language matters! I’m one of the many feminists who worked hard to get the word “woman” into our collective vocabulary. Girls, ladies and women are not ...