The use of the gender-neutral pronoun “they” has been gaining steam in the U.S. A group of researchers looked into what effect adopting this language can have.
Here and Now‘s Tonya Mosley learns more about a study on the matter in Sweden with Efrén Pérez (@EfrenPoliPsy), a professor of political science and psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Perez is also director of UCLA’s Race, Ethnicity, Politics and Society Lab.
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