今天，小編為大家?guī)碛⑽闹杏嘘P(guān)性別的使用方法，畢竟，男女平等，如果因為不懂得性別的正確用法而得罪女性朋友可就不好了呢！

誤區(qū)一：以"he/his"概全。

錯的看似簡單，但一不小心可能成為冒犯女性的有力證據(jù)，光有"he"，沒有"she"，憑什么？！

1、指代一個人的時候

錯誤案例1：If a student studies hard, he will succeed.
正確用法：需"he","she"兼?zhèn)洌袝r需考慮其順序。
a、If a student studies hard, he or she will succeed.
b、If a student studies hard, she or he will succeed.

錯誤案例2：The average student is worried about his grades.
正確用法：避免出現(xiàn)"he"，能省代詞則省之。
The average student is worried about grades.

錯誤案例3：Give the student his grade right away.
正確用法：以復(fù)數(shù)形式替代單數(shù)形式。
Give the students their grades right away.

錯誤案例4：As a teacher, he faces excessive paperwork daily.
正確用法：用第一第二人稱口吻替代第三人稱
As teachers, we face excessive paperwork daily.

錯誤案例5：He might wonder what his response should be.
正確用法：用one/one's替代，但需謹慎，可能會改變文章調(diào)性。
One might wonder what one's response should be.?

錯誤案例6：Each student should hand in his paper promptly.
正確用法：用被動語態(tài)替換，這招雖飽受爭議，但小用一下，也是可以噠！
Papers should be handed in promptly.?

錯誤案例7：Listen to the two-year-old as he uses his short, simple sentences to communicate.
正確用法：用分詞短語替代
Listen to the two-year-old using short, simple sentences to communicate.

誤區(qū)二：使用與"man"相關(guān)的詞匯

這也是可能使女性認為遭到歧視的關(guān)鍵一點，只有"man“，沒有"woman”,不公平！

錯誤詞匯1：成就、業(yè)績、價值相關(guān)，這些詞匯強調(diào)"man"，可能使女性覺得自身價值缺失。
mankind;man’s achievements;the best man for the job;
man the ticket booth。
還有man-made;freshman;alumni。

正確詞匯1：盡量使用概括性的成就&價值詞匯
humanity, human beings, people;human achievements;the best person for the job;
staff the ticket booth.
還有artificial materials/ synthetic materials; First-year student;alumnae(the feminine plural)?

錯誤詞匯2：職業(yè)相關(guān)詞匯，同樣強調(diào)"man"和"woman"，趕腳隱隱的不平等性。
chairman/chairwomen;
businessman/businesswoman;
congressman/congress woman;
policeman/policewoman;
salesman/saleswoman;
fireman;
mailman

正確詞匯2：盡量使用概括性的職業(yè)詞匯
chair, coordinator, moderator, presiding officer, head, chairperson;
business executive, manager, businessperson;
congressional representative;
police officer;
salesperson, sales clerk, sales representative;
firefighter;
postal worker, letter carrier

誤區(qū)三 使用強調(diào)女性頭銜&標簽的詞匯

如果過于強調(diào)女性身份&頭銜，并冠之以標簽，女性可能產(chǎn)生不滿，說好的平等，一視同仁呢！

錯誤詞匯:"ess","female","woman","lady"等前綴過于強調(diào)女性，不能體現(xiàn)平等感
stewardess,authoress,poetess,female nurse,lady lawyer,woman doctor?
正確詞匯：去掉強調(diào)女性意味的前綴
flight attendant, steward;author,poet,nurse,lawyer,doctor

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