The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes towards inclusive language used in two different situations, one among friends and another in a more formal setting, in Buenos Aires. The hypothesis is that women would be more positive towards the use of inclusive language than men, and also that people with higher education would be more positive than those with a shorter educational background.
A survey was presented on a social media platform and gave 40 respondents (22 women and 18 men). The results show that the women in the study have a slightly higher degree of acceptance towards inclusive language while the men lean towards the use of the generic masculine also accepting the use of “splitting”. The results also show that the respondents with a lower level of education are less open to the acceptance of inclusive forms in the language than those with a university degree. The acceptance rate is, overall, low.
According to the results obtained in this work, in general terms, we would argue that inclusive language, as well as non-binary forms of expression in the Spanish language, are not widely accepted today.