On Feb. 23, the Ministry of Defense released a resolution in which it stated that the use of “so-called ‘inclusive language’” does not correspond to the regulations set by the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) and the Argentine Academy of Letters.
Therefore, the document states, “it is necessary to adopt a measure to eliminate incorrect forms of language within the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces.”
So-called “inclusive language” promoted by gender ideology advocates usually requires the modification of the grammatical gender of words so that they do not directly refer to masculine or feminine, using letters such as “x” and “e” or symbols like “@,” thus changing words like “todos” (a masculine generic for “everyone” whether men or women) for the gender neutral “todxs,” “todes,” or “tod@s.”
Another common usage is to take a generically masculine word such as “ciudadanos” (“citizens,” whether male or female) and make a distinction by using the separate masculine and feminine forms of the word. An English equivalent would be instead of just saying “citizens,” saying “men and women citizens.”
According to the United Nations, inclusive language serves to “promote gender equality and combat gender prejudice.”