Kheiron Module 3

One of the phrases used in the common ideology of our society is something like ‘what is not named does not exist’. However, looking back, one can realise that this is not the case. Ancient Greek societies, the cradle of civilisations and democracy, considered that by naming things, they brought them out of chaos and recognised them as existing. In other words, it is not that before naming them they did not exist, but that they were disordered. On the other hand, Adela Cortina (TED, 2018) said that what is not named is not that it does not exist, but that it is not seen, it is ignored and hidden, but it does exist. Ana de Miguel (2021), for her part, comments on the decisive importance of words as channels through which the value recognised in people is expressed. Her idea of recognition, based on the philosophical concept of the term, is related to justice and the need to recognise ourselves as equals, and she mentions words as the main channel for expressing this recognition. The use of language, communication itself, hides realities so that they do not have to be seen. One of the objectives of inclusive language and communication is precisely that, to make the excluded, the absent, visible and explicit. If we look at the many analyses that have been made of language, we can see that it has always been said to be something living, changing, flexible and broad (Meana, 2002). Through its agents, people, language evolves with societies. People, as creators of language itself, use it and mould it to their liking, taking into account the evolution (or involution) of their societies. In the end, language, words, are transmitters of the thoughts and feelings of human beings. Gender Perspective, Diversity and Inclusion in Mentoring 11