Netherlands: opinions on implementation gender neutral vocabulary 2017

This statistic displays the opinions on implementing gender neutral vocabulary in the Netherlands in 2017. When asked whether they think the implementation of gender neutral vocabulary by institutions in the Netherlands is a good or a bad thing, approximately 30 percent of all respondents to this survey said they believe it is a good thing. Of the respondents who identified as LHBTI this was significantly higher, with nearly 50 percent.

What do you think about the implementation of gender neutral vocabulary by institutions in the Netherlands?*

Characteristic	All respondents	LHBTI respondents
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Release date

August 2017

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

July 29, 2017 to August 1, 2017

Number of respondents

25,964**

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "De gemeente Amsterdam en de NS maakten afgelopen week bekend dat ze genderneutrale taal gaan gebruiken om mensen die zich man noch vrouw voelen niet buiten te sluiten. De woorden ‘dames en heren’ worden bijvoorbeeld vervangen door ‘inwoners’ of ‘mensen’ en ‘vaders en moeders’ wordt vervangen door ‘ouders’. Vindt u het een goede of een slechte zaak dat instanties genderneutraal taalgebruik invoeren?" (English: the municipality of Amsterdam and the National Railways (NS) announced last week that they will be using gender neutral vocabulary in the future to bit exclude people who do not feel either male or female. Words like 'ladies and gentlemen' for example are replaced by 'people' or 'inhabitants' and 'fathers and mothers' by 'parents'. Do you think it is a good or bad thing that institutions are implementing gender neutral vocabulary?)

* 1,911 of these respondents identified as LHBTI.

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