GAD101 MIDTERMS

• Gender-fair language


  Minimizes unnecessary concern about gender in your subject matter, allowing both you and your reader to focus on what people do rather than on which sex they happen to be
• Language reflects culture


  • Cultural meanings and values are verbalized and transmitted through language
  • As a result, language becomes a tool for perpetuating stereotypes
• Kinds of sexist language


  • Language which excludes members of one sex or gender or renders them invisible
  • Language that trivializes women, diminishes their stature
  • Language that disparages and marginalizes women (or persons of another gender)
  • Language that fosters unequal gender relations
  • Gender polarization of meanings in the use of adjectives
  • Lexical gap
  • Hidden assumption
• Generic "Man"


  • All humanity is subsumed in the terms "man," "father," "brother," "master"
  • Causes confusion as "man" is often associated with the adult male and it is difficult to distinguish if it is used in the literal sense or in the generic sense
  • Reflects gender inequality because women are never seen in terms of general or representative humanity
  • Represents the universe and the human while woman is the "other"