The entertainer defends himself against the “imposed trend” of linguistically involving everyone in society. He finds clear words on this.
Berlin – Jürgen von der Lippe considers gender-sensitive language to be an artificial trend. “It is a scandal that universities demand that the students’ work is gendered and submitted in the wrong German,” said the entertainer of “Bild am Sonntag”.
“It gives the impression that it would be a broad movement. But the opposite is true. Depending on the survey, up to 91 percent of Germans do not want to gender. ”According to him, he is most concerned about“ the meaningless participles ”. Von der Lippe (73): “The baker is a baker when he’s in the bakery. If he’s on the toilet, then not anymore. “
For years there has been a debate in Germany as to whether and how male forms in language are replaced by broader terms – in order to include women, but also intersex people, for example. The gender asterisk, as used by teachers, is one possibility. Some also put a colon or an underscore in the place.
Von der Lippe doesn’t think these attempts are any more fair: “If I were queer myself, i.e. gay, lesbian, bi-, trans- or intersexual, I would be offended that I should only be represented by such a small symbol.” He also asks what about all the other people who are disadvantaged. Should something be introduced for them too? “An emoji maybe? That’s all wrong in the back and front. Why don’t we just stick to the generic masculine word, everyone can feel at home. “
Jürgen von der Lippe, who is currently bringing out a new book (“Sex is like flour”), had his greatest television time in the 80s and 90s (“Donnerlippchen”, “Geld oder Liebe”). dpa
