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Google Docs to suggest users write using gender-neutral terms

by cjv on 5/20/21, 1:15 AM with 4 comments

  • by sldksk on 5/20/21, 2:25 AM

    > ”a new collaboration tool in the Google Workspace that will bring Dogs, Sheets and Slides together more efficiently”

    Is that the gender-neutral form of “Docs?”

  • by raxxorrax on 5/20/21, 7:46 AM

    I think language regulation are divisive, antiquated, and conductive of a toxic workplace atmosphere.

    This isn't even professionalism to me, because it marginalizes formal distance and etiquette to forbidden words. On the contrary, it fails to reflect why professional distance can actually be of benefit in some cases.

    This doesn't necessarily include conduct between employees.

  • by 1stranger on 5/20/21, 2:31 AM