Gender Bias

• Julia Stanley - 1977

  found that there's more words for males that are positive however words referring to females had sexual overtones

  
  

  • 220 for sexually promiscuous women
  • 20 for sexually promiscuous men
• Muriel Shulz - 1975

  argues that its no accident that there's more negative words for females. Words referring to females became pejorated
• When women move into profession, do not gain a noun. Men terms are converted into female equivalents by addition of a bound morpheme.

  '-ess' (actress)