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FOR A FREE GENDER BIASED WORLD LANGUAGE AND GENDER Nerea Heredero Hernández UAH – Sociolinguistics 2013/2014
Transcript of For a free bias writing world sociolinguistics
FOR A FREE GENDER BIASED
WORLDL A N G U A G E A N D G E N D E R
Nerea Heredero Hernández
UAH – Sociolinguistics
2013/2014
LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT
The limits of my language are the
limits of my mind. All I know is what I
have words for.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
MIND CHANGE
J u s t a b r i e f r e m i n d e r :
• G e n d e r ≠ S e x .
Conventional ≠ Biological.
• More inclusive usage of gender.
Ø Use and abuse of generic masculine.
Controversy- (Sp) Should the use of the masculine be
extended to women?
Ø Andocentric bias.
Ø Stereotypes. A nurse does not necessarily have
to be a woman.
FREE GENDER BIASED WRITING
1. Gender neutrality
2. Gender marking job titles
3. Pronouns
4. Alternate genders and pronouns
5. Singular use “they”
6. Eliminate the pronoun altogether
7. Everybody/ everyone, somebody,
someone
gendered noun gender-neutral noun
man person, individual
Freshman first-year student
Mankind people, human beings, humanity
Man-made machine-made, synthetic
The common-man the average (or ordinary) person
To man to operate, to cover, to staff
chairman chair, chairperson, coordinator
mailman mail carrier, letter carrier, postal worker
policeman police officer
steward, stewardess flight attendant
congressman congress person, legislator,
representative
Dear Sir: Dear Sir or Madam:, Dear Editor:, Dear
Service Representative:, To Whom it May
Concern:
R E F E R E N C E S
Gender Sensitive Writing Retrieved from University of North Carolina site:
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/
Carreaga Castrillo, P. (2012, March 13th) No es Gramática, es ideología. El País. Retrieved
from blogs.elpais.com/mujeres/2012/.../por-qué-habla-ahora-la-academia.html
-. (2013 November 10th). Lo femenino es “débil” y lo masculino es “enérgico”, según la
RAE. ABC. Retrieved from: http://www.abc.es/cultura/20131110/abci-femenino-
masculino-201311101142.html
Kennedy, C. (2007) Language and Gender [PDF document]. Retrieved from Department of
Linguistics University of Chicago site: http://semantics.uchicago.edu
Wikipedia.com
F U R T H E R I N F O R M AT I O N
(YouTube)
5 Minutes Of What The Media Actually Does To Women
How Conservative Media Treated Women In 2013
How the Media Failed Women in 2013
(Essays)
Shitemi, L. Naomi (2009) Language and Gender
The Handbook of Language and Gender
About.com- Grammar and Composition.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION.
