Roland Kaiser advocates gender: “I think dealing with it and understanding the thought behind gender is something positive. This is also a sensible learning process for older people,” he said in an interview “t-online”. He continued: “You have to correct the language. Some terms and expressions are hundreds of years old.” That is not always up-to-date: “A new awareness is developing in language, and we have to face up to this development.”
However, he himself does not make a brief interruption when speaking at the place of the gender asterisk. For example, he had always said “pupils” or “spectators”, according to the 70-year-old. Certain things, such as that little break, still have to be learned. The young generation is particularly important for his learning process. This is “much more conscious” about solving problems. “In this respect, I’m in a positive mood and an optimist,” said the Berliner.
Your own children as a fountain of youth
He is also in constant contact with his three children: “I learn from them how to take their perspective and compare it with mine. I don’t want to become stubborn and stubborn. The discourse with my children keeps me curious and young.” According to Kaiser, children also shape the linguistic habits of older birth cohorts: “We humans, who have had languages and manners for many, many decades, learn the topic of gender differently through children gain weight.”