Re:Gender in Latin and Beyond: A Philologist’s Take
by umanwizard on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:44AM
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> For example, at work I might get an email that starts: Dear employees (female suffix) and employees (male suffix)...
This sort of thing is also very common in Spanish, French, and German (at least).
This is the traditional rule in Hebrew as well and it most certainly bothers people. Lately I've seen a lot of writing and occasionally even speech that attempts to be gender neutral by using the Hebrew equivalent of "he/she" or "he or she" and sometimes "she or he". Hebrew has a lot more gender than English, so it's pervasive.
For example, at work I might get an email that starts: Dear employees (female suffix) and employees (male suffix)...
P.S. This trend is often associated with a certain popular feminist politician and has been the subject of jokes in political comedy, eg: https://youtu.be/cu3E9Nf_Z6w