gender-neutrally

Adverb

gender-neutrally (comparative more gender-neutrally, superlative most gender-neutrally)

1. In a gender-neutral manner.
   • If “man” could be used gender-neutrally, its occurrence in a context that applies to both male and female humans, particularly to female humans, would be given a gender-neutral interpretation. Instead, its occurrence in such a context is plainly gender-specific.1977, Janice Moulton, “The Myth of the Neutral “Man””, in Mary Vetterling-Braggin, Frederick A. Elliston, Jane English, editors, Feminism and Philosophy, Totowa, N.J.: Littlefield, Adams & Co....
   • The primary addressee of the text is consistently addressed gender-neutrally as þu (ȝe when joined by a fellow worker), but the fellow worker is referred to with masculine pronouns: (6) Þu most take a ffelow and set hym on by ryȝt hond, and set on hys hondes iij bowes (96/ 32–34, emphasis added).2003, Ruth Carroll, “Recipes for laces: An example of a Middle English discourse colony”, in Risto Hiltunen, Janne Skaffari, editors, Discourse Perspectives on English: Medieval to Modern, John...