Friday, October 27, 2017

Is making French less sexist a threat to the language? The Académie Française says oui.

Is making French less sexist a threat to the language? The Académie Française says oui.

PARIS — Quel scandale. France’s highest authority on language fears French is in “mortal peril” over attempts to make the language a little less complex and a little less, well, male-dominated. It is a particularly fraught moment for gender relations in French public life. The Weinstein scandal has had a particularly intense aftermath here, where a […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/10/27/is-making-french-less-sexist-a-threat-to-the-language-the-academie-francaise-says-oui/

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