gender theorists

Question 1

what was Julia Stanleys theory about?

Answer 1

in 1977 she compiled similar inventories of words and found that there are more words for men and that there were more positive words, she also discovered many of the words for females has sexual overtones- she concluded that language embodies sexual inequality

Question 2

what was Muriel Shulz theory about gender in language?

Answer 2

the fact there are more negative words aimed at women is no mistake.it represents patriarchal order and is rule governed. words that are marked for females become essentially swear words.

Question 3

Janet Holmes (1992)

Answer 3

Animal imagery used for women- bird, duck, chick all have connotations of flighty, helpless, chirpy whereas men are wolf and powerful and dominant.
Women are equally described as food: sugar sweetie, honey not often used for men. However less complimentary terms like crumpet or tart and restricted to women. By contrast there is little to no food imagery for men.