Meanings of gender-neutral language in English

It's not just in US universities that gender-neutral language is advancing.

That's what's happening in Berkeley, California, where this week the city council committed to gender-neutral language in its municipal code.

A Japanese airline will no longer use the phrase "ladies and gentlemen" to address its passengers, opting for more gender-neutral language instead.

But these changes have done little to address how women are compensated or resettled during commercial deals, because most of the laws use " gender-neutral language".