# Link between job titles and gender equality

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/link-between-job-titles-and-gender-equality/1142>\
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**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/link-between-job-titles-and-gender-equality/1142 "2018-11-30T03:27:20Z")\
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> **[Link between job titles and gender equality](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181128114837.htm)**
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> Researchers have revealed a link between role-nouns (e.g. job titles) in gendered languages and gender equality. The study, which examined whether the masculine form in the plural in German is understood as gender-neutral or as specific to males,...

  
Researchers have revealed a link between role-nouns (e.g. job titles) in gendered languages and gender equality. The study, which examined whether the masculine form in the plural in German is understood as gender-neutral or as specific to males, confirms earlier findings in behavioral research: people tend to interpret the grammatically masculine form as male-specific, despite it being used regularly to refer to both males and females.