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SEXIST LANGUAGE

SEXIST LANGUAGE. Page 93 – 95, Living Lingo. “The words used to describe females in English range along a continuum of meaning, ranging from extremely negative connotations to saccharine sweet”.

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SEXIST LANGUAGE

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  1. SEXIST LANGUAGE Page 93 – 95, Living Lingo

  2. “The words used to describe females in English range along a continuum of meaning, ranging from extremely negative connotations to saccharine sweet”

  3. “In English, women have traditionally been made invisible by male pronouns (he, him, his) and the nouns man, men, fathers, brothers, and sons are employed generically”

  4. “This...is particularly problematic in occupational terminology where it implies the usual professional in the field is a male.” “This is shown by the use of a masculine equivalent to describe a female, even though a female derivation is available” For example – She is a good actor.

  5. “The habitual use of the alleged generic ‘he’ and ‘man’ has caused much anxiety and worry” “One of man’s greatest achievements in the 20th century is high degrees of literacy in many parts of the world. This he has done through universal primary education.” “Founding fathers”

  6. “Another way of representing women through language is accompanying persons rather than individuals in their own right, for instance, the form address Mr and Mrs John Smith”

  7. “The form of address Mrs is still in use in some sections of Australian society for married women, while there is no distinction between married and single men in forms of address.”

  8. “Sexist language is generally less deliberate than racist language.”

  9. Overcoming sexist language • Use of gender unmarked (neutral) terms • Complementarity • Feminist

  10. Politically Correct Language Political correctness (PC) is what is currently felt to be correct language and behaviour in regard to a range of issues. Political correctness is partially based on the notion that the language we use defines the attitudes that we hold towards what we are describing whether we hold this attitude consciously or not. In order to be politically correct, our choice of language is paramount.

  11. In line with being a more sophisticated and tolerant society, some basic human rights have been enshrined in law to protect people against discrimination • The Racial Vilification Act 1992 • The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 • The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986

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