The use of non-sexist language as a tool to achieve real and effective equality

  • Cecilia Rosado-Villaverde Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Keywords: Equality, discrimination, non-sexist language, Constitution, legal system

Abstract

The achievement of real and effective equality is one of the necessary elements of our democratic systems. Article 9.2 of our Constitution establishes that it is the public authorities that are responsible for promoting the conditions for equality to be real and must remove the obstacles that prevent its fullness. The public authorities must different tools that are effective in achieving their objectives. The use of non-sexist language — which was already manifested in the field of linguistics in the Seventies of the Twentieth Century — is a resource that international, European and national institutions have legislated to prevent our language, which we communicate and name the material and immaterial objects, from making women invisible and perpetuating the historical and structural discrimination they suffer.

Received: 8.12.2021
Accepted: 13.12.2021

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Author Biography

Cecilia Rosado-Villaverde, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Profesora Contratada Doctora de Derecho Constitucional

Published
2021-12-27
How to Cite
Rosado-Villaverde, Cecilia. 2021. “The Use of Non-Sexist Language As a Tool to Achieve Real and Effective Equality”. Estudios De Deusto 69 (2), 229-48. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-69(2)-2021pp229-248.
Section
Studies