The Influence of the Gender Asterisk (“Gendersternchen”) on Comprehensibility and Interest

Recently, the gender asterisk (“Gendersternchen”) has become more widespread in grammatical gender languages in order to represent all genders. Such gender-fair language is intended to help better address women and other genders and make their interests and achievements more visible. Critics often a...

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Main Authors: Marcus C. G. Friedrich, Veronika Drößler, Nicole Oberlehberg, Elke Heise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.760062/full