International Women’s Day 2026:
GIVE women
words TO GAIN equality!
BREAKING THE
BIAS
OF ENGLISH
How English Disempowers Women
and How to Fix It In
ONLY SIX WORDS!
Introducing WEnglish for WEquality™
Why International Women’s Day Is Also About Language
​International Women’s Day is more than a celebration it is a global moment of reflection and action. While progress has been made, inequality still lives in subtle, everyday systems.
One of the most powerful and least questioned of these systems is language.
English has never been neutral. For centuries, it has centered men as the default, shaping how authority, leadership, and credibility are perceived. The result? Women are often heard less, believed less, and valued less before they even finish a sentence.
Describe your image
Describe your image
Describe your image
Describe your image
How English Quietly Disempowers Women
From job titles to pronouns, metaphors to so-called “neutral” expressions, English carries embedded assumptions about who holds power. These assumptions influence how women are perceived at work, in education, in leadership, and in public life.
In Breaking the Bias of English, linguist Vivian R. Probst reveals how man-centered language reinforces inequality and how women can reclaim authority by changing the words themselves.
