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    Are gender neutral pronouns really neutral? Testing a male bias in the grammatical genderless languages Turkish and Finnish
    (Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 2023-10) Renström, Emma A.; Lindqvist, Anna; Akbaş, Gülçin; Hekanaho, Laura; Gustafsson Sendén, Marie
    Languages differ in how grammatically salient gender is. We explored if grammatically gender-neutral pronouns in Finnish and Turkish, two grammatically genderless languages, are gender neutral or male biased, thereby activating male, rather than female, exemplars. We also tested whether differences in national level gender equality influence the male bias. Results indicated a male bias in both languages, whereas national level gender equality had no influence. Implications for gender-fair language reforms in grammatically genderless languages are discussed.