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Download full textVardell, Sylvia M. – 1985
As a powerful tool for education, language informs, influences, discloses, and communicates. Research on the use of language has found that it also discriminates. Among the different manifestations of sexism in language are (1) the use of "he" as a generic pronoun; (2) the "generic" use of "man" as an exclusively male referent; (3) the use of "you…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Females, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
