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Feminine Titles for Male Professors


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“Madam professor, your mustache is so dashing.” That’s the sort of conversation students at the University of Leipzig will soon be having with their professors.

After a vote of the German university’s governing board, all professors, including male professors, will be officially designated professorin – the feminine word for professor.

There you have it: Gender equality, deutsch style.

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