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Contemporary Arguments Against Nonsexist Language: Blaubergs (1980) Revisited
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In Parks and Roberton (1998), 11% of respondents stated that sexist language is not sexist.
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From What affects people’s use of and attitudes toward gender-inclusive language? A literature review (2025) · cites this paper as Parks and Roberton, 1998
In Parks and Roberton (1998), 40% of respondents named difficulties associated with change as their primary reason for rejecting gender-inclusive language.
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“Similarly to many other gender-inclusive language reforms (Blaubergs, 1980; Parks & Roberton, 1998), the implementation of hen was met with resistance from the public (Bäck et al., 2018; Vergoossen et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Parks, J. B., & Roberton, M. A.
- Venue
- Sex Roles
- Published
- 1998-09
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 5-6
- Pages
- 445-461
- ISSN
- 0360-0025 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2762
- OpenAlex
- W1629136
- Cited by
- 71
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Sex Roles (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Studies in Language
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sports, Gender, and Society
- Keywords
- sexism, sport management students, gender equality attitudes, lack of understanding
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