sentences:  This form also tends to be associated with the political left, as it is often used by left-leaning newspapers, notably "Die Tageszeitung" and the Swiss weekly "WOZ Die Wochenzeitung", and feminists.Since the 2010s, a form is sometimes used in academic and feminist circles in which an underscore (_) or an asterisk (*) is inserted just before the gender-specific suffix, as in "" or "" ("dear student").This form, called (not to be confused with the English-language term "gender gap") or ("gender star") respectively, is meant to convey an "open space" for all gender identities, whether male, female or genderqueer.