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Language and Gender. . Gender of Objects. "God Bless her, and all who sail in her." . Gender and objects. Why is gender attached to objects? What is the effect?
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Gender of Objects • "God Bless her, and all who sail in her."
Gender and objects • Why is gender attached to objects? • What is the effect? • Choose one of these objects and personify it – think about how it would describe itself. How would it describe itself? What characteristics would it attribute to itself? Write a short paragraph. (5 minutes)
AM I male or female? Why • Brief Class Discussion on what you wrote ant the attributes you attached to your chosen word. • Bear? • Cupcake? • Wrench? • River?
nouns • Mother tongue • Father Time • Mother Earth • Mother Nature • Fatherland
Mother Nature vs. Father Time • Brainstorm what are the connotations of ‘Mother Nature’ versus ‘Father Time’. • What language would be used to describe them? What adjectives would be attributed to their character?
She or He? Mother Nature, Not God, "Chose" To Slam the Midwest Mother Nature
HE or She? Father Time Boston Celtics: Father Time Will Be Team's Achilles Heel This Postseason The NBA playoffs are right around the corner and Boston Celtics are starting to play their best basketball of the year. The one thing standing in the way of the Celtics next title is not a specific player or team. It's father time. According to Marc Stein of ESPN, the Boston Celtics are among the top five oldest teams in the NBA. They have also played in 401 games since the 2007-2008 season to the 2010-2011 season
“Projections” Language and Gender • Read “Projections” By Angela Goddard and Lindsey Mean
Pronouns – what is a pronoun? • The Titanic was unsinkable, until she encountered an iceberg. • Canada shows she is....
Vocabulary and gender construction Sort the following descriptors into groups that are more commonly associated with men or women. Create a third group for words that could be associated with both sexes, but where the meaning might change for each sex it describes. When done – share as a class and discuss.
Gender and occupations Brainstorm in groups occupations that are either by name seemingly male or female and what is the counterpart called. For example: Nurse Male Nurse • Nurse Male Nurse • Prosititute Male Prostitute • Doctor Female doctor • Priest Female priest • Secretary Male secretary • Model Male model
Facebook activity Read the facebook personal information section and decide if the person writing is male or female? What in the way language is used makes you believe this?
“Making up Gender” Read the commentary
Sayings… A ______ place is in the home. It’s a _______world. May the best _______ win Chair_____ of the board. ______ will be ________ That’s no job for a _______ • Best ______ for the job • One of the ______ • Take it like a ______ • The old _________ network. • Scream like a ________.
Female vs. male taboo language • BITCH vs. Bastard – both associated with female – what is a bastard? How is it degrading to both the male and the female? • How might bitch be different if said by a man to a woman, vs. being said from a friend to a friend, or even a woman to woman. • Words that are taboo for men…dick, ass, motherfucker, cock-sucker, pussy. • Words that are taboo for women…slut, whore, skank, tramp, cunt, twat, pussy. • Taboo words are often meant to be derogatory and demeaning to the subject.
