[lg policy] [News item]: Uni switches to feminine professor titles for men

Yael Peled yael.a.peled at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 5 17:24:06 UTC 2013


"The University of Leipzig has voted to adopt the feminine version of the word for "professor" as its default. In German Professorin refers to a female professor while Professor is the male equivalent".

Full story at http://www.thelocal.de/education/20130605-50095.html.


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Dr. Yael Peled		

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Centre for Research on Ethics (CREUM) 
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