Feminism

=== Language ===
{{further|Gender-neutral language in English}}
Proponents of gender-neutral language argue that the use of gender-specific language often implies male superiority or reflects an unequal state of society.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Casey |author-link1=Casey Miller |last2=Swift |first2=Kate |author-link2=Kate Swift |year=1988 |title=The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing |url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofnonsex00millrich |url-access=registration |publisher=Harper & Row |location=N.Y.C. |isbn=978-0-06-181602-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofnonsex00millrich/page/45 45], 64, 66}}</ref> According to ''The Handbook of English Linguistics'', generic masculine pronouns and gender-specific job titles are instances "where English linguistic convention has historically treated men as prototypical of the human species."<ref name="handbook linguistics">{{cite book |year=2006 |editor1-last=Aarts |editor1-first=Bas |editor2-last=McMahon |editor2-first=April |title=The Handbook of English Linguistics |location=Malden, Mass. |publisher=Blackwell |isbn=978-1-4051-1382-3}}</ref>

[[Merriam-Webster]] chose "feminism" as its 2017 Word of the Year, noting that "Word of the Year is a quantitative measure of interest in a particular word."<ref>{{cite web|title=Word of the Year 2017|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/woty2017-top-looked-up-words-feminism|website=[[Merriam-Webster]]}}</ref>