Author: Chantal Crozet
The French Australian Review No 72 (Australian Winter 2022): 86-114.
https://doi.org/10.62586/CGNS8376
This article aims to reveal some rich points of ideological divergence and convergence of gender inclusive language (hereafter GIL) between France and Australia as found in scholarly literature and the written press. French and Australian societies are both being challenged by the push for more gender inclusive language. However, linguistic challenges to achieve gender inclusivity in French are much more complex and extensive than they are in English. This explains in part the much more intense level of public debate on GIL in France than in Australia, a point of divergence between the two countries.
Keywords: Gender inclusive language, inclusive writing, The Académie Française.