Is communication impacted by whether or not it is gendered? Differences have been noted, but not in the way one might assume. Research indicates that language that has grammatical gender within it can shape interactions and perceptions. These perceptions may lead to changes in our judgement, decisions, behaviors, and ideas which then may change how one is treated and one's status. Given this, one might assume countries using genderless language have more equality, but this is not the case. Countries using fully gendered languages have been correlated with less equality between genders when controlling for economic factors and other confounding factors, such as religion. However, natural gender language countries show higher equality than genderless language countries. Research shows that gender neutral terms in genderless languages tend to be perceived with a male bias. Thus, genderless languages may lead to females missing opportunities to emphasize their role and visibility. Languages that allow for gender pronouns (natural gender languages) are hypothesized to promote more inclusion of women (Nissen, 2002; Braun, 2001). These languages also allow for gender-inclusive language, whereas fully gendered languages, in which nearly everything is gendered, are more difficult to incorporate neutral terms for promoting gender inclusiveness (Prewitt-Freilino, Caswell, & Laakso, 2011). explain