Key Words: Sexism in language; Feminist movement; Language reform;
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English, as an alive language, undergoes changes with the time. However, one main feature has stayed the same since its creation. Being an androcentric language, it still contains gender bias, that much or less affects people. This is what C. Miller and K. Swift write about in their article “Who’s in charge of the English language,” addressed to the Members of the Association of American University press. The two authors use logical appeals (authors cited, examples from dictionaries and anthropology) to convince people that writers should not use gender-biased language. However, it is their use of emotional appeals (such as appeals to democratic values, usage of “we”, and the sense of common purpose) that most persuades.…
“Boys will be boys” (Tannen 193) is a statement is said quite frequently. Boys can sometimes be more outspoken in any kind of group setting, whereas girls are more than likely to keep their opinion to themselves. In How Male and Female Students Use Language differently, written by Deborah Tannen, we are giving a look into how because boys and girls behave differently there is a reflection of that in the classrooms. Through an experiment in a classroom setting Tannen was able to gather how differently male and female students were. In her writing, Tannen tells her readers how boys are more likely to voice their opinions than members of the opposite world.…
The thesis statement for the this research paper is: “gender differences occur while using verbal language, yet our views are stereotyped, which affects effective communication”. In this research paper I will clearly focus on the gender differences in verbal communication and on stereotypes occurred in communication.…
“According to TNS Research Surveys, 68 percent of women surveyed believe gender discrimination exist in the workplace. Federal law protects women and other minorities from discrimination in the workplace. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 ended the practice of paying men more than women when performing the same jobs and duties. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act extended this protection to other minorities. Despite these protections, many women still feel gender-based discrimination is a problem in some businesses” (Gluck). Regardless of the amount of attention discrimination of forms may receive and the progress made towards equal rights for all individuals in the work place, there is evidence that discrimination is still not a thing of the past just yet.…
Language and gender are always changing because of a factor, which is to meet the needs of the people using it. The changing culture we used affects the way language develops and the way it is used by different people in the society. The ideology of a society is reflected in its use of language because children learn their values, assumptions and expectations from their parents and the words that they have to learn. Based on Gender and Language text book by Angela Goddard, this ideology is passed down from generation to generation. It means that process of socialization lasts our whole lifetime. Therefore, learning about gender starts at a very early age. As Angela Goddard said in the text book page 41”...how the brain functions in relation to the world and language, and how language influences the way our brains organism information.” In this paper we will analyze about how brain can separate gender in the language used between male and female when girls talk with other girls, when boys talk with other boys and also when boys talk with girls in the social network by using discourse analysis.…
Weather there is a nexus or not may not be the question that needs to be asked here, more importantly is there a cultural punishment in the real world of life and how we speak when we go into a job interview, or the professional world in general? In the world of business if you speak slang you are thought to be uneducated. Speaking an Ebonics is just fine when communicating with those that accustomed to that language, but speaking it to the majority of the rest it does not come across very well, I speak differently when I’m around my friends. There is no race-based issue when it comes to language and the culture of that language, it only becomes race-based discrimination if the teacher is unwilling to accept the language the student is using…
References: Eckert, Penelope and McConnell-Ginet, Sally (1997) Language and Gender. Second Edition. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved From: http://www.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/Chap1.pdf…
The question posed is our society sexist? The answer is yes, for many reasons benevolent sexism to start. An idea that women are inferior and but she is okay with it as long as you tell her she is pretty. is This opens our society up to hostile sexism which tells a woman that being a woman is not okay and do not dare rebuke a man. These two forms of sexism open the question of how a woman deals with this sexist society. The paper will speak about these forms of sexism and what women use to navigate through our society focusing on the gender strategy of emphasized femininity.…
Discrimination based on gender is an extremely common civil rights violation here in the United States, and it can manifest itself in many ways. It is often seen in the work place, where women are often payed less for the same jobs as men. Gender discrimination can also manifest itself through pregnancy discrimination and even sexual assault. Things like unwelcome sexual advances, dismissal due to pregnancy, and other forms of harassment found both in and out of the workplace are an unfortunate reality that many women here in the United States and throughout the world suffer from.…
Feminism , in general terms, is a movement for women’s empowerment. It comprises a wide range of social, cultural and political movements and is concerned with gender inequalities and equal rights for women. Feminist movement has generated feminist theory which puts feminist ideas into theoretical background. It aims at understanding the nature of inequality and focuses on gender politics , power relations and sexuality. It explores a broad scope of themes such as discrimination, stereotyping, objectification, especially sexual one, oppression and patriarchy. Feminist literary criticism derived from feminist theory and it deals with traditions and conventions of patriarchy, a social system in which , from the feminist point of view , men hold all the power. The dominance and superiority of men over women which result from this social construct exist in literary, historical and cultural contexts. Feminist criticism studies texts and considers the approaches to women’s portrayal and position in the text. From this particular point of view , a feminist text, a work of literature or a film , needs to posses certain features and stress particular issues such as encouragement of female empowerment and abandonment of the stereotypical way of portraying a woman, it should challenge gender role model and a patriarchal system of society.…
In America in today's society people are have the right to express themselves however they please. In America, everyone has equal rights. If a male wants to wear makeup or wear women clothes that is a choice, or even if a woman wants to grow facial hair and change her name to a more masculine name than that her right. Even though others may judge that person, they still have the right to express themselves how they please. Gender dysphoria means that a male or female feels like they are put in the wrong body and causes them to be confused with their sex. It is hard for people to be happy with themselves and for them to present themselves how they want to but what holds them back more than anything is someone discrimination them. That is what…
Sexism has been a problem since the existence of man and woman. It brings on the controversial issue of men and women, and how they are not considered equal in society. There are many different perspectives on sexism and whether or not it still exists. Feminist writers such as Daly, Frye, and Millett all stress the way in which women have been subject to the power of men and how the female self is ‘invaded’ by patriarchal conditioning. Frye, in particular, has a strong opinion on the issue. As Jean Grimshaw states in her article, Autonomy and Identity in Feminist Thinking, “Frye sees women as simply ‘broken’ and then ‘remade’ in the way that suits their masters.”…
The writing depicts the gender role in literature, how males are shown to be significantly more dominant, physically and mentally. Sexism in literature is ubiquitous, in literature and language, as well as semiotics in certain cases. Literature from the last two centuries demonstrates a progression. Females were originally portrayed as feeble minded, nimble and weak characters, with little or no dynamics to their personification. Males were shown to be strong, intelligent and domineering, and would be the ones who’d save females from all the unfortunate events in the story. In modern literature, males and females are often times, given equal consideration. Sexism is indeed, still present in modern literature; however, it has lessened considerably. The dominance of male in literature that reflects the society in each period of time which shows is inferior women is powerless against men. In the modern society women are more liberal and independent. The development of society conscious with the role of female and male differences, and the literature also adapts with the perception of the society with women’s role in the society.…
This song adopts first person narration which speaks through a mother's personal viewpoint, using words like "I" and "me." It creates a more intimate perspective for the reader. Women are always the target subjects in gender studies.…
According to the Cambridge dictionary, gender discrimination is a situation in which someone is treated less well because of their sex, usually when a woman is treated less well than a man. Men are always, until today, seen as the figure of leadership and success in many countries with no exceptions to some well-known countries where women are given as much rights as their counterpart (Dailymail, July 18, 2011). This problem is clearly expressed in countries such as India, Pakistan and China, however, not only them, the entire world deals with this. So, this is one of the biggest global issues.…