Abstract
What strategies are currently being applied in electronic dictionaries and terminology databases to gender representation, with a particular focus on feminine agentives? Starting with an overview of the state of the art as to gender studies in lexicography and terminology science, in this paper we use a case study to reflect upon the approaches in electronic dictionaries and terminology databases, collecting both good practices and concrete limitations that hinder an equal gender representation by contrasting different linguistic and socio-cultural contexts. Since lexical resources can be considered not only utility instruments but also “agents” that reflect society (Gouws, 2022, p. 40) there is a risk that they contribute, for example, to perpetuate gender stereotypes (Müller-Spitzer, 2023,p. 80). Thus, it is important for lexicographers and terminologists to discuss and establish methods for avoiding gender bias in lexical resources.