gender-fair language Flashcards
reducing gender stereotyping and discrimination
GENDER FAIR LANGUAGE
TWO PRINCIPLE STRATEGIES TO MAKE LANGUAGES GENDER-FAIR AND TO TREAT WOMEN AND MEN SYMMETRICALLY:
- neutralization 2. feminization
is achieved, for example, by replacing male-masculine forms (policeman) with gender-unmarked forms (police officer
NEUTRALIZATION
relies on the use of feminine forms to make female referents visible
FEMINIZATION
devalues members of one sex, almost invariably women, and thus fosters gender inequality.
SEXISM IN LANGUAGE
form of discriminatory language that demean, ignore stereotype the other sex.
SEXIST LANGUAGE
From an early age, we use language to express our needs, emotions, and thoughts.
Language articulates consciousness
It encodes and transmits cultural meanings and values in our society.
Language reflects culture
When children learn a language, they are also internalizing the cultural assumptions and biases embedded within it.
Language affects socialization
VIOLATIONS OF GENDER-FAIR LANGUAGE
Invisibilization of Women
Trivialization of women
Fostering unequal gender relation
Gender polarization of words in use of adjectives
Hidden assumptions
rooted in the assumption that men are dominant and are the norm of humanity’s fullness, and women do not exist.
Invisibilization of Women
language that lacks parallelism fosters unequal gender relations.
Fostering unequal gender relations
societies perceive femininity and masculinity as polar opposite genders.
Gender polarization of words in use of adjectives
can also be forms of microaggression if the underlying perceptions are sexist and degrading.
Hidden assumptions
Filipino or Tagalog is mainly gender-neutral, without gendered characteristics or titles for men and women.
PHILIPPINE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE
