Gender Flashcards
1
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The Human Rights Channel Website
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66% of 16-18 year-old girls experienced or witnessed the use of sexist language in schools
2
Q
Stanley
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220 negative terms to describe a promiscuous women but only 20 to describe an equivalent male- neologism portmanteau ‘manwhore’
3
Q
Parker et al
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Found that commenting on a women’s sexual behaviour is designed to damage her social status and create a negative psychological effect
4
Q
Saphir-Whorf Hypothesis
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Language governs our world view
5
Q
Dale Spender
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Language is inherently patriarchal and embodies sexism and sustains male power
