Other Gender Theories Flashcards
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Julia Stanley
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1977 - unmarked forms usually refer to men, meaning women have negative semantic space
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Anne Bodine
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1975 - bias in the English language in favour of males is known as andocentric language
3
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Muriel Schulz
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1975 - essay ‘The Semantic Derogation of Women’ - said that the greater number of negative terms for women embodies the patriarchal order of society. Compiled similar inventories of words and found that there were 220 denoting sexual promoscuity in women, compared to 26 for men
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Parker et al
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Found that commenting on a women’s sexual behaviour is designed to damage her social status and cause a negative psychological effect
