Tes- school’s are full of harmful sexist language https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.tes.com/news/schools-are-full-harmful-sexist-language%3famp In this article, the writer talks about the language used in schools to address others ( particularly focusing on the teacher-student relationship ) and whether it is appropriate in a world where gender roles are far from what they were back in the 40s and gender itself is becoming less and less of a binary as time goes on. The writer, Nicole Ponsford, believes that while reverting to the masculine singular is grammatically correct, this is an ‘unnecessary tradition’ and ‘a means of bias we do not often think to address.’ She advocates for the idea that, particularly in schools, language should be more inclusive so that we are not exposing children to gender-related stereotypes through socialisation at a young age. She argues that other countries around the world, like Portugal, have managed to come up with one term for teachers of all g...