In the French language, steps forward and back for women By JOHN LEICESTERMay 8, 2021 GMT FILE - In this April, 26, 2021 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron talks with a pupil during a visit with French Education, Youth and Sports Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, right, in a school in Melun, south of Paris. The ministry of education this week banned the use in schools of an increasingly widespread method to make French more inclusive by feminizing some words. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) FILE - In this April, 26, 2021 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron talks with a pupil during a visit with French Education, Youth and Sports Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, right, in a school in Melun, south of Paris. The ministry of education this week banned the use in schools of an increasingly widespread method to make French more inclusive by feminizing some words. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)