What exactly is it about? Some people claim that the state even has a duty to communicate in a gender-neutral way. This would result, among other things, from Article 3 of the Basic Law. It states verbatim: "No one may be disadvantaged or favored because of their gender [...]."

What is the point? In fact, the state has a constitutional mandate to create gender equality. The BVerfG also repeatedly reminds legislators and governments of this. However, the constitution does not prescribe how exactly such justice should be achieved. Its language is only an approach. For this reason, the legislator can certainly use gender-neutral wording if it serves gender equality, but it does not have to. 

However , laws must always be "interpreted". So in the case of legal texts, the question of what is "meant" and what is "also meant" is different than in everyday language.  

Our conclusion: laws must always mean "everyone". In other words, always "the people", as stated in Article 1 of the Basic Law.  

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