{"id":15359,"date":"2020-11-04T15:54:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T14:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montua.metafex.io\/echolot-column-gender-sensitive-language\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:44:41","slug":"echolot-column-gender-sensitive-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montua-partner.com\/en\/echolot-column-gender-sensitive-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Echolot column: Gender-sensitive language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gendern oder nicht? Diese Frage stellen sich viele Interne Kommunikatorinnen und Kommunikatoren. Aber kann man sich heute \u00fcberhaupt noch auf das generische Maskulinum zur\u00fcckziehen, wenn man alle Mitarbeitenden im und neue K\u00f6pfe f\u00fcr das Unternehmen ansprechen will? Lesen Sie unseren Beitrag dazu auf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressesprecher.com\/nachrichten\/diversity-gender-interne-kommunikation-der-die-das-wieso-weshalb-warum-145767326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pressesprecher.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright Aufmacherbild: Jonathan Kemper \/ Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Lesedauer<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">Minute<\/span><\/span>To gender or not to gender? Many internal communicators ask themselves this question. 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