{"id":169269,"date":"2022-11-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=169269"},"modified":"2022-11-02T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:45:57","slug":"german-politician-gender-language-can-divide-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/german-politician-gender-language-can-divide-society","title":{"rendered":"German politician: Gender language can divide society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wolfgang Bosbach, a German politician from the Cristian Democratic Party, told the K\u00f6lner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper that gender language has the potential to divide society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Attempts at popular education and re-education initially met with a divided response,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But at some point it becomes too much for people. 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