Journal articles: 'Sexism in language Australia'

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Pauwels, Anne. "Language planning, language reform and the sexes in Australia." Language and Gender in the Australian Context 10 (January 1, 1993): 13–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aralss.10.02pau.

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Abstract This paper deals with the phenomena of linguistic sexism and non-sexist language reform (feminist language planning) in the Australian context. It surveys Australian work on linguistic sexism and discusses various aspects of non-sexist language reform in Australia. Particular emphasis is placed on problematic issues relating to feminist language planning, i.e. the selection and evaluation of non-sexist alternatives and the implementation mechanisms for this type of reform. Linguistic change resulting from the reform initiatives and its spread throughout the community is also described briefly.

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Pauwels, Anne. "Language and gender research in Australia." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 10, no. 2 (January 1, 1987): 221–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aral.10.2.13pau.

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Abstract In this article research on the relationship between language and gender in Australian society Is surveyed. Three main areas are discussed: gender differencies in the use of Australian English; the issue of sexism in Australian language use; and the role of gender in the maintenance of languages other than English (Aboriginal and immigrant languages). The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the recent developments in and further tasks for Australian language gender research.

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Winter, Joanne, and Anne Pauwels. "Mapping trajectories of change – women’s and men’s practices and experiences of feminist linguistic reform in Australia." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 26, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 19–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aral.26.1.03win.

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In this paper we address the issue of the evaluation of feminist language planning in Australia. Through case studies of some self-identified linguistic reformers and non-sexist language users we present a ‘trajectory’ framework for the exploration of evaluation as part of the language planning cycle. We map the users’ trajectories of change through documenting their ‘first contact’ with gender bias in language (an initiating trajectory), their responses, practices and actions in relation to this (a trajectory of practice) and their perceived roles in bringing about, facilitating and spreading change (a trajectory of agency). This documentation reveals narratives of resistance and empowerment through engagement with change in the context of dominant discourses but sometimes also of powerlessness and oppression through rejection and opposition. The outcomes of this analysis suggest multiple and complex interpretations and iterations of feminist linguistic reform evidenced through the mapping of trajectories.

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Palmer, Catherine, and Kirrilly Thompson. "The Paradoxes of Football Spectatorship: On-Field and Online Expressions of Social Capital among the “Grog Squad”." Sociology of Sport Journal 24, no. 2 (June 2007): 187–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.24.2.187.

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In this article we examine the cultural practices of a group of South Australian football supporters known as the “Grog Squad.” While hard drinking is undeniably a central part of this group of exclusively male fans, being a “Groggie” is much more than just being in a boozy boys club. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken throughout the 2005 South Australian football season, as well as Internet research, we argue that the style of support engaged in by the Grog Squad represents a paradox for how we typically understand football fans. On the one hand, much of the language and behavior of the Grog Squad is characteristic of the aggressive masculinity common in male contact sports. On the other, being a Groggie provides access to a range of resources, benefits, networks, and supports that confound many of the popular assumptions about male social relationships in sport. To explain the arrant sexism and homophobia of the Grog Squad simply in terms of hegemonic masculinity is to obscure the very real social supports and connections (best described as social capital) that are often overlooked in studies of male sports fans.

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Pauwels, Anne. "Non-sexist language reform and generic pronouns in Australian English." English World-Wide 22, no. 1 (June 27, 2001): 105–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.22.1.06pau.

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This paper explores changes in the use of generic pronouns in Australian English. We examine a database of public non-scripted speech to establish to what extent generic pronouns promoted through non-sexist language reform have become part of public speech. The results show that the use of masculine generic he has decreased substantially mainly in favour of singular they. The pronoun he or she does not appear to have been adopted widely by people speaking in a public context.

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Piercey, Margaret. "Sexism in the English Language." TESL Canada Journal 17, no. 2 (June 30, 2000): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v17i2.893.

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Szpyra-Kozłowska, Jolanta. "Language and Sexism bySara Mills." Journal of Sociolinguistics 14, no. 2 (April 2010): 274–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9841.2010.00443_4.x.

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Pazhoohi, Farid. "Book Review: Language and Sexism." Journal of Language and Social Psychology 32, no. 2 (May 20, 2013): 235–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0261927x13481344.

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Lepschy, Giulio. "Sexism and the Italian language." Italianist 7, no. 1 (June 1987): 158–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/ita.1987.7.1.158.

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He, Ali, and Yang Zhang. "Sexism in English Proverbs and Idioms." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 9, no. 2 (March 1, 2018): 424. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0902.27.

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The study of “language and gender” has been always popular among linguistics. Language, as a mirror of the society, reflects a nation’s values and beliefs. Sexism against women has been common in English-speaking countries. So we can also see sexism in English here and there. Proverbs and idioms are blood and guts of a nation. This paper pays much attention to the sexism in English proverbs and idioms. This paper first discusses the preview studies about sexism and the definition of English proverbs and idioms; and then the thesis expounds the manifestations of sexism in proverbs and idioms from the perspectives of social status, wisdom, character, and marriage; then the paper also makes deep studies into the causes of sexism from three aspects: society, culture and psychology; finally, this paper indicates the development trend of sexism in English proverbs and idioms. Through the studies on English proverbs and idioms, this paper tries to reveal the phenomenon of sexism in language and find out solutions to help people reduce and eliminate discrimination against women in society and language.

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Coady, Ann. "The origin of sexism in language." Gender and Language 12, no. 3 (March 13, 2017): 271–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/genl.31445.

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Muhammed, Maha Baker. "Sexism in Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray: Linguistic Analysis." Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities 27, no. 3 (May 6, 2020): 11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/jtuh.27.3.2020.24.

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This paper differentiates as a first step between the terms sexism, gender, and sexuality. It deals with the sexist language used by Oscar Wilde in writing his famous novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. This literary work is analysed according to Sara Mills model suggested in her book Sexism and Language. This model falls into three levels: Overt sexism, Indirect sexism, and Discourse analysis level. Only two of these levels have been adopted in the present paper that are: Overt sexism level and Discourse analysis level.

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Patriarkh, Viktoriia. "NOTION SEXISM IN THE TERMINOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF HUMANITARISTICS AND GENDER LINGUISTICS." Naukovì zapiski Nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu «Ostrozʹka akademìâ». Serìâ «Fìlologìâ» 1, no. 13(81) (May 26, 2022): 311–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.25264/2519-2558-2022-13(81)-311-315.

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The language functions in the sociological context and creates different types of its` correlation with the main social institutions, connected with the actualization of the gender and sexism problem. These notions are reflected in the language, being actively studied in the sphere of gender linguistics, which is considered to be one of the main spheres in the system of humanitaristics. Gender linguistics has the status of a new linguistic branch, which brought a lot of underinvestigated problems. This research is dedicated to the studying of interpretation peculiarities of such terms as sexism and sexism in language in the modern scientific discourse, especially in the linguistic one. The interpretation of these terms and the definitions, fixed in dictionaries of terms and a thesaurus, are singled out on the different stages of the actualized problem for the analysis. The interpretation of such terms as sexism and sexism in language with their correlated notions are highlighted here. Two different approaches of sexism interpretation are observed, being widespread among the representatives of feminism in linguistics. The actualization of sexism is highlighted by the corresponding verbal and non-verbal means. Attained results and conclusions will help us to create a special terminological dictionary of gender linguistics.

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Noh, Poetryku Syahara, Elisa Nurul Laili, and Marginingsih Marginingsih. "SEXIST LANGUAGE IN VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NOVEL MRS DALLOWAY (CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS)." FRASA: English Education and Literature Journal 3, no. 2 (September 29, 2022): 72–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.47701/frasa.v3i2.2305.

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The use of language as a medium of daily communication is only as a tool to facilitate language understanding without realizing that there is an element of discrimination against a particular gender. Sexist language is often found in novels that demonstrated to real life where people associate and deal with stereotypes in society. This research proposes to explain and describe the sexist language types of the main characters found in Mrs. Dalloway novel based on Sara Mills’ theory. The research used a qualitative method by applying a critical discourse analysis. The words, phrases, and sentences from monologues and dialogues reflecting sexism in the novel become the data of the research. Data collection techniques used library techniques, namely documents. The data analysis technique used data reduction, data display, and verification techniques. The results of this research show that Sara Mills sexism theory categorizes sexist language into overt and covert sexism. In Mrs. Dalloway novel, there are four types that are consisted of overt sexism: naming, dictionaries, generic pronouns and nouns, and non-parallel terms. For the covert sexism, there are two types in the novel: presuppositions and metaphor.

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Mirmokri, Manijeh, and Ahmad Ahmadian. "Language and Gender: Sexism in Kurdish Language (Mukriani Dialect)." International Journal of Kurdish Studies 2, no. 3 (December 10, 2016): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.278423.

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Buberwa, Adventina. "Sexism in Haya Language Personal Names Selection." JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre 3, no. 2 (December 31, 2018): 87–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.32642/julace.v3i2.1387.

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This paper examines sexism in naming focussing on the meaning of Haya personal names used in Haya community of North Western Tanzania. It is based on the assumption that some conscious personal names are selected in favour of men. This disparity is well examined by using the Critical Discourse Analysis approach. The paper presents field data from Bukoba Rural district in Kagera Region. The results reveal that meanings of male names were associated with high worthwhile the meanings of female names were associated with low worth. This was justified by the point that Haya male names referred to male as a saviour and helper of the family and society, a strong person, a fighter, a winner, rich and famous person while female names were connected with love, attraction, comfort, soothes and parents disappointment for having a baby girl. The study found that names of female children indicate an important argument that parents considerfemale child as a burden and liability. Generally, it was observed that selection of some Haya personal names was done in discriminatory manner that need an urgent emphasis on the value of names of girls in families and society in general.

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Sarrasin, Oriane, Ute Gabriel, and Pascal Gygax. "Sexism and Attitudes Toward Gender-Neutral Language." Swiss Journal of Psychology 71, no. 3 (January 2012): 113–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000078.

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We examined the relationships between three forms of sexism (modern, benevolent, and hostile) and two components of attitudes toward gender-neutral language (attitudes toward gender-related language reforms and recognition of sexist language) across different contexts. A questionnaire study (N = 446) was conducted among students in the United Kingdom and in two (French- and German-speaking) regions of Switzerland. While we expected to find that all forms of sexism are generally related to negative attitudes toward gender-neutral language, we expected attitudes to be more positive and less related to sexist beliefs in a context in which gender-neutral language is firmly established (the UK) compared to contexts in which the use of gender-neutral language was introduced only recently (the German-speaking part of Switzerland) or is still seldom (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). We found that, across all contexts, modern and hostile sexist beliefs were indeed related to negative attitudes toward gender-related language reforms, while, intriguingly, benevolent sexist beliefs were related to positive attitudes in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Recognition of sexist language was significantly related to modern sexism only. Finally, British students were found to express more positive attitudes toward gender-neutral language (both components) than Swiss students.

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Weatherall, Ann. "Sexism in Language and Talk-in-Interaction." Journal of Language and Social Psychology 34, no. 4 (May 18, 2015): 410–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0261927x15586574.

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Greenwood, Dara, and Richa Gautam. "What’s in a Tweet? Gender and sexism moderate reactions to antifat sexist humor on Twitter." HUMOR 33, no. 2 (May 27, 2020): 265–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humor-2019-0026.

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AbstractThe present study investigated whether antifat sexist humor (compared to antifat sexist statements or control statements), conveyed via Tweets, would impact perceptions of an overweight female target depicted in a workplace harassment scenario. We examined whether gender, antifat attitudes, and sexism would impact joke perceptions and moderate perceptions of the joke-relevant target. Participants (n = 451) were drawn from MTurk and completed the study online. They were randomly exposed to one of three tweet conditions and then read and responded to the harassment vignette, among filler vignettes, before completing sexism and antifat measures. Antifat attitudes unexpectedly shifted as a function of study prime and were thus not considered as a moderator. Results showed that men high in hostile sexism reported a greater likelihood of retweeting/favoriting antifat sexist jokes than men low on hostile sexism or women high in hostile sexism. Individuals high in hostile sexism in the joke condition found the behavior of the target less appropriate, and the behavior of the ostensible perpetrator more appropriate, than those in the control condition and those low on hostile sexism. Similar findings were obtained for benevolent sexism. Findings underscore the power of social media as a vehicle for disparagement humor and its consequences.

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Dikčius, Vytautas, Karina Adomavičiūtė, and Ieva Venskuvienė. "Could humour make advertisements worse?" European Journal of Humour Research 10, no. 4 (January 9, 2023): 168–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/ejhr.2022.10.4.657.

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The aim of this study is to assess the impact of sexist advertisements on the perception of advertisements’ violation, ridiculousness and consumers’ intention to purchase a product by considering different cases of interaction between the type of advertisement (sexism without humour and sexism with humour), the direction of sexism and the respondents’ gender. The study uses a two-by-two factorial design experiment to investigate data obtained by means of a questionnaire (183 responses). Data analysis revealed that the involvement of humour in sexist advertising has a negative impact on the perception of the advertisement and consumers’ intention to purchase. Furthermore, the direction of sexism (against women vs men) appears significant when it is paired with humour. The results of the study fill a research gap regarding the impact of the interaction between the type of advertising, the direction of sexism, and the respondents’ gender on the perception of specific advertisements and intention to purchase the advertised product.

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Bada, Erdogan, and Bilal Genc. "Sustainability in English Academic Writing: The Binary Dilemma on Pronoun Utilization." Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education 9, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 40–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2018-0013.

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Abstract Discussion on sexism regarding language focuses on how women are discriminated against in our daily language and in academic writing. Although we are against any kind of discrimination, when it comes to dealing with this phenomenon in language and language use, we should be more careful. Language is not only a symbolic means whereby humans interact, it is also a product of human intellectual activity imbued with various experiences of our past and recent ancestors. Thus, it is also a reflection of our society’s conceptual system through which we interpret physical and mental phenomena. In this paper, we have analyzed views regarding sexism and language; tried to display how improving the so-called injustices in language would result in some dire situations which may have never been foreseen. We finally put forth our own solutions to overcome the problems of sexism in academic writing.

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Slovska, I. "What is sexism?" Analytical and Comparative Jurisprudence, no. 2 (July 24, 2022): 96–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/2788-6018.2022.02.17.

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The article is devoted to the study of the definition and classification of sexism. Stressed that the word «sexism» became widely known during the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s. At that time, feminist theorists explained that the oppression of women was widespread in nearly all human society, and they began to speak of sexism instead of male chauvinism. Whereas male chauvinists were usually individual men who expressed the belief that they were superior to women, sexism referred to collective behavior that reflected society as a whole. Highlighted that today sexism means discrimination based on sex or gender, or the belief that because men are superior to women, discrimination is justified.The article emphasizes that sexism includes attitudes or ideology, including beliefs, theories, and ideas that hold one group (usually male) as deservedly superior to the other (usually female), and that justify oppressing members of the other group on the basis of their sex or gender. Besides, sexism involves practices and institutions and the ways in which oppression is carried out. Summarized that several different types of sexism exist, and each of them can have harmful consequences. The six main types of sexism include: benevolent sexism and hostile sexism (benevolent sexism usually stems from a desire to protect women due to a belief that women are inherently weaker, more sensitive, or more innocent than men. Whereas hostile sexism punishes women for violating traditional gender norms, benevolent sexism encourages those traditional roles); аmbivalent sexism (this type of sexism combines both hostile and benevolent forms. It fuses the seemingly contradictory beliefs that women are both fragile and pure as well as manipulative and conniving); іnterpersonal sexism (this type of sexism occurs in everyday interactions with partners); іnternalized sexism (self-adoption of sexism); institutional sexism (this type of sexism occurs when institutions like the media, healthcare, law enforcement, education, religion, and banking reinforce sexist ideology). Sexism can come from a wide range of sources: beliefs about traditional gender roles inherited from caregivers and educators; laws that promote different treatment of men and women; sexist imagery and language in pop culture and the media; lack of policies for responding to or penalizing sexism in the workplace, schools, and other sectors.

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Mayoriska, Ursea, Yusnita Febrianti, and Herditya Wahyu Widodo. "Sexist Language of the Characters in the Movie Colette." JoLLA: Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts 2, no. 7 (August 12, 2022): 1054–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um064v2i72022p1054-1064.

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Abstract: Sexism is a judgment made by society on how men and women are represented. This study investigates the use of sexism in languages called sexist languages and the reason why the characters uttered it in the movie Colette. Therefore, two theories are used in this study. The first theory is from Mills (2008) that divides sexist languages into overt and indirect sexism. Then, the second theory is by Weatherall (2002) who states that the usage of sexist languages is making women invisible, causing women to be defined narrowly, and making women get depreciated. By using a qualitative descriptive approach, this study explores sexist languages from the characters’ utterances. The research reveals that the movie Colette has six types of overt sexism, including naming, dictionaries, generic nouns, insult terms for women, semantic derogation, and sexism in name and title. Also, four kinds of indirect sexism of humor, presupposition, metaphor, and collocation are found. Both male and female characters use sexist language to show superiority as a result of making women invisible, to indicate one’s concern about their status because of society that defines women narrowly, and to point out one’s position as women always get depreciated by society’s prejudice. Keywords: sexist language, gender, sociolinguistics, film, Colette Abstrak: Seksisme adalah penilaian yang dibuat oleh masyarakat tentang bagaimana pria dan wanita direpresentasikan. Studi ini menyelidiki tentang penggunaan seksisme dalam bahasa yang disebut dengan bahasa seksis dan alasan mengapa para karakter dalam film Colette mengutarakannya. Oleh karena itu, dua teori digunakan dalam studi ini. Teori pertama adalah teori dari Mills (2008) yang membagi bahasa seksis menjadi bahasa seksis terang-terangan dan tersamarkan. Kemudian, teori kedua adalah milik Weatherall (2002) yang menyatakan bahwa penggunaan bahasa seksis membuat wanita tidak terlihat, membuat wanita terdefinisikan secara luas, dan menyebabkan nilai wanita menurun. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif, studi ini mengeksplorasi bahasa seksis dari perkataan para pemainnya. Penelitian ini mengungkap bahwa film Colette memiliki enam tipe bahasa seksis terang-terangan, yaitu penamaan, kamus, kata benda secara umum, istilah yang menghina wanita, pemutihan semantik, dan bahasa seksis dalam nama dan gelar. Studi ini juga menemukan bahasa seksis tersamarkan, yaitu humor, prasangka, metafora, dan kolokasi. Baik karakter pria maupun wanita mengungkapka bahasa seksis untuk menunjukkan superioritas sebagai hasil dari membuat wanita tidak terlihat, untuk menunjukkan keprihatinan seseorang terhadap status mereka karena masyarakat yang mendefinisikan wanita secara luas, dan untuk menunjukkan posisi seseorang karena wanita selalu terdepresiasi oleh prasangka masyarakat. Kata kunci: bahasa seksis, jenis kelamin, sosiolinguistik, film, Colette

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Palupi, Muji Endah. "Analisis Google Terjemahan Yang Menggandung Ungkapan Bahasa Seksisme Terjemahan Bahasa Inggris." Wanastra: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra 11, no. 1 (March 5, 2019): 01–06. http://dx.doi.org/10.31294/w.v11i1.4652.

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The phenomenon of sexist language is closely related to the concept of gender that has been structured at the level of language correctionalism. Therefore, this sexist word or phrase is actually made by people who are influenced by views on both types of gender. Often in language sexism more gender-oriented or degrading. One language that is considered to contain a lot of vocabulary and expression of Sexist is English Language. This is because English Language is an International Language. English Language that is rich in vocabulary and many elements of language are absorbed. This research will be explain types of sexist language found in the results of the English Translation. Analysis of the accuracy of translations in English language will be studied in the science of learning foreign languages. That actually English Language is a language that is more inclined to sexism than other languages. This is evident in most translations which are considered inaccurate and ambiguous which contain sexist elements in the results of the translation into other languages. Keywords: Google Translation, Sexism Language, English Translation

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Mary Muindi. "Sexism in Language: A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective." Editon Consortium Journal of Literature and Linguistic Studies 3, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 194–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.51317/ecjlls.v3i1.210.

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Language plays a crucial role in perpetuating sexism and gender inequality. The research draws on the Critical Discourse Analysis, an Interdisciplinary Approach to the study of discourse that views language as a social practice, to explore the existence and nature of sexist language in Kamba Popular Songs. Specifically, this study anchored itself on Grice’s Second Theory of Conversational Implicature (1991). The research had two objectives: to investigate sexist implicatures in Kamba Popular Songs and describe sexist inferences in the lyrics. The study used the descriptive research design and purposively sampled eight songs from the ten most popular Kamba bands with the youths. Besides, the research used content analysis to identify the possible sexist expressions classified into implicatures and inferences. Further, the researcher categorized the two linguistic items into negative and positive sexism, and the number of each type was counted up and described. The study concludes that popular Kamba songs project a sexist perception of women. This research recommends eliminating sexist language in both written and spoken discourse because it contains a lexicon and grammatical structure that trivializes and perpetrates biases against women.

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Piercey, Margaret. "A Response to "Sexism in the English Language"." TESL Canada Journal 18, no. 1 (October 31, 2000): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v18i1.904.

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Sharif, ChowdhuryOmar. "SEXISM AND VARIATIONS IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE." International Journal of Advanced Research 5, no. 12 (December 31, 2017): 1136–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/6067.

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Van Huyssteen, G. B. "The sexist nature of sexual expressions in Afrikaans." Literator 17, no. 3 (May 2, 1996): 119–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/lit.v17i3.625.

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Cognitive metaphor theories indicate that sexual metaphors are metaphors in which a taboo domain of knowledge is described in terms of a non-taboo domain of knowledge. Data from the Afrikaans language substantiate the idea that mappings between these two domains are motivated on cognitive as well as on pragmatic grounds. In this article, it will be attempted to indicate how sexism is sustained by sexual metaphors in the Afrikaans-speaking community. The fact that sexism is underlaid by sex role stereotypes, leads to the conclusion that sexism is also sustained by means of the use of metaphors. The fact that different metaphors exist in different sub-culture groups indicates that metaphorical mappings are strongly influenced by culture and ideology. Data from feminist communities substantiate this assumption. Finally, the possibility of metaphor transformation as a mechanism of purification with regard to sexism and stereotyping is investigated.

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MILLS, SARA. "Caught Between Sexism, Anti-sexism and `Political Correctness': Feminist Women's Negotiations with Naming Practices." Discourse & Society 14, no. 1 (January 2003): 87–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926503014001931.

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Zheng, Xin. "The Analysis of Sexism in English Proverbs." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 9, no. 2 (March 1, 2018): 352. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0902.17.

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The proverb is summarized and refined by human through many years of social practice beings. As a social variant, it reflects the social customs and cultural values. It is not difficult to see this kind of phenomenon in the English proverb because of the widespread discrimination against women in human culture. Through studying the development trend of sexism in English proverbs, the paper analyses these phenomena from the five aspects-personality, behavior, intelligence, marriage and social status. And then the paper probes into the causes of sexism from three aspects: historical reasons, cultural origin and social factors. The proper comprehension of the sexism in English proverbs not only helps to improve the students' ability of using English, but also avoids the intercultural conflicts caused by improper using of English proverbs in the foreign exchanges.

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Grinina, Elena. "Language as an instrument of policy." Cuadernos Iberoamericanos, no. 1 (March 28, 2017): 86–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.46272/2409-3416-2017-1-86-89.

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The purpose of this article is to show how in modern Spain the language is successfully used not only for defending their nationalist interests (linguistic nationalism), but also in the struggle against the structures of language, that reﬂect the gender-based discrimination (linguistic sexism)

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Chiang, Frances, Angeline Low, and Jock Collins. "Two Sets of Business Cards: Responses of Chinese Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in Canada and Australia to Sexism and Racism." Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 5, no. 2 (August 5, 2013): 63–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v5i2.3117.

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Existing entrepreneurial discourses have been dominated by white middle-class androcentric approach, giving little space to the discussions of racism and sexism experienced by minority women entrepreneurs. This paper aims to fill this gap through an examination of the experiences of Asian immigrant women entrepreneurs in Canada and Australia using an intersectional approach. The key research question addressed in the paper is to what extent, and in what ways, do racism and sexism impact on the entrepreneurial experiences of Asian immigrant women entrepreneurs and what strategies do they use in managing discrimination to protect themselves and their businesses? Four main strategies were derived from our findings, namely, creating a comfortable niche, playing the mainstream card, swallowing the pain, and resisting.

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Pervin, Nasrin, and Munira Nasreen Khan. "Sexism in Language: A Legacy of Male Thought Process." International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies 6, no. 4 (2017): 78–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/journal.23.2017.64.78.90.

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Swim, Janet K., Robyn Mallett, and Charles Stangor. "Understanding Subtle Sexism: Detection and Use of Sexist Language." Sex Roles 51, no. 3/4 (August 2004): 117–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:sers.0000037757.73192.06.

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Rodriguez, Alexandra. "Innovations and Challenges. Women, Language and Sexism., (Carmen Rosa Caldas-CoulthardEd.), Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2020." Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación 25 (May 14, 2021): 345–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/clr.2021.25.22.

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Sales, April Jane G., Glarissa D. Leuterio, Lurie Jane S. Lopez, Claire Dianne G. Matinao, Lorna C. Naces, and Ariel L. Ramos. "ADVERTISEMENTS AND SEXISM IN THE PHILIPPINES." International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research 3, no. 9 (September 12, 2022): 1664–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.11594/ijmaber.03.09.07.

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Advertisements have been an effective tool used to promote a product or service. It can also be considered as a way to shape the mind and the culture of society. Hence, this study determined the linguistic elements and analyzed different types of sexism through language in Philippine television advertisements. The study used qualitative approach to research and utilized a validated self-made research instrument which served as the primary tool of the study. The study identified the linguistic elements present in Philippine television advertisements in terms of its lexical and syntactical feature and analyzed the types of sexism through language in Philippine advertisements. The study revealed that the commonly used lexical feature of advertisements is simple vocabulary; meanwhile for syntactic feature, the most common is ambiguity and the use of imperative. It is also found that advertisements can be used as a sexism platform in the Philippines. Moreover, the way these elements are used or depicted along with the portrayal of men and women in the advertisements may influence the audience’s perception and understanding of what they have seen thus, the audio-video material as output of this study may serve as a tool to liberate the minds of the viewing public.

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Poulou, Sofia. "Sexism in the discourse roles of textbook dialogues." Language Learning Journal 15, no. 1 (March 1997): 68–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09571739785200141.

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Stafiichuk, Daryna. "The functional aspect of linguistic sexism in the Ukrainian mass media." Current issues of Ukrainian linguistics: theory and practice, no. 45 (2022): 52–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/apultp.2022.45.52-64.

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The purpose of this study is to actualize a concept of "linguistic sexism" in the media discourse through the prism of gender linguistics, which today determines some tendencies in scientific research of modern humanitarian studies. The development of a new political system, the progress of information space, the transformation of the socio-political situation in the country, the emergence of new threats in a rapidly changing world require the development of gender construct in rhetorical theory. An integral part of the modern space is the principle of gender equality, gender democracy and the establishment of gender culture in the world, that is directly implemented into the language. Accordingly, the achievements of gender linguistics study in the media-linguistic aspect significantly affects the formation of moral and material values of modern society. Representation of gender-oriented topics in the language of the media contributes to their public discussion and in the future to overcoming stereotypes in society in the future. The extra- and intralingual motivation of the spread мені не нравиця це спред може wide usage of linguistic sexism in the media discourse was analyzed. Special attention is paid to the concept of "linguistic androcentrism" as a manifestation of linguistic sexism through the prism of domestic and global gender studies on the example of informational media texts. The article analyzes the texts of informational resources of well-known Ukrainian media in order to determine the selection and functioning of a complex of linguistic means of various expressions of linguistic sexism in mass media. Our study also examines the concept of "gender metaphor", its functions and expressions in the language of the Ukrainian mass media. In addition, the article describes ways of avoiding linguistic sexism in the discourse media communication and identifies prospects of further research in a comparative context using particular examples.

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Puchner, Laurel, and Linda Markowitz. "Sexism in Facebook discourse about clergy misconduct." Discourse & Society 33, no. 1 (October 6, 2021): 74–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09579265211048726.

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Sexism and sexist ideology have significant negative consequences for female victims of sexual assault and other crimes. Thus, uncovering how language is used as a discursive tool for maintaining unequal power relations is extremely important in discourses around sexual misconduct and sexualized violence. In this study we used Critical Discourse Analysis and Manne’s theory of the moral economy of patriarchy to analyze Facebook posts supporting a religious leader who had committed sexual misconduct. The analysis reveals the patriarchal ideology underlying some of the Facebook conversation discourses and the discursive strategies used by individuals to try to normalize their sexist arguments. Content of the posts shows the religious leader’s defenders showing sympathy for the perpetrator, ignoring the female victims, and minimizing sexual assault, as they argue that he should not be criticized or held accountable for his actions.

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Plemenitaš, Katja. "Gender Ideologies in English and Slovene: A Contrastive View." ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries 11, no. 1 (May 8, 2014): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/elope.11.1.17-29.

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The article deals with the concept of linguistic sexism in the cross-cultural context. It compares the generally accepted guidelines for avoiding linguistic sexism in English and Slovene, exemplified by two guides on non-sexist use of English. It is argued that in English non-sexist language strives for gender neutrality, whereas in Slovene it strives for gender specificity. The reasons for the differences between the perceptions of sexism in English and Slovene are examined by taking into account the linguistic expression of gender and the cultural and historical context in which both languages have developed. The use of semantic gender in English, as opposed to the use of grammatical gender in Slovene, is treated as one of the factors influencing the approach to the non-sexist use of language in both languages. Strategies for non-sexist expression and their rebuttals are discussed in the context of predominant cultural ideologies about gender and presuppositions regarding the link between social change and linguistic reform.

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Xinlian, Zhang. "Analysis of Female Sexism from the Perspective of English Language." Social Sciences 10, no. 5 (2021): 237. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ss.20211005.15.

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Fagsao, Jonnelle D. "Mapping Language Sexism and Gender Biases in Lumawig’s Mythical Variants." International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 11, no. 1 (February 28, 2019): 10–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.26803/ijhss.11.1.2.

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Tan, Xiaoyi. "The Causes and Solutions of Sexism in the English Language." Learning & Education 9, no. 2 (November 10, 2020): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v9i2.1406.

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As we all know, English has become the language used by the largest number of people in all languages and is the representative of western civilization. Language is not only a social phenomenon, but also reflects the degree of social development. Therefore, understanding language is a crucial step for us to explore culture and civilization. However, no matter how developed the language is, it has its drawbacks and is not so impeccable. Sex discrimination has always been a phenomenon in English language. According to Longman English Dictionary, the interpretation of gender discrimination is: discrimination based on sex, especially the prejudice of men against women. This article will first elaborate on the etymology, word formation and usage of gender discrimination in English language. Secondly, this article will explain this phenomenon from the historical, social and cultural perspectives. Finally, in view of the gender discrimination phenomenon discussed in this article, this article will explain the development of the future trend and the solutions.

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Drüeke, Ricarda, and Elke Zobl. "Online feminist protest against sexism: the German-language hashtag #aufschrei." Feminist Media Studies 16, no. 1 (October 18, 2015): 35–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2015.1093071.

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Smith, Ian, Suzanne Romaine, and Michael Clyne. "Language in Australia." Language 72, no. 2 (June 1996): 380. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/416655.

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Deutschmann, Mats, and Anders Steinvall. "Language, Prejudice, Awareness, and Resistance." Open Linguistics 6, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 708–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0043.

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Abstract As an introduction to the themed special volume on Language and Prejudice, this short editorial highlights aspects related to prejudice within, through, and towards language as well as how prejudice and stereotyping can affect our perception of language. We provide short summaries of the articles included in the volume and contextualise these within the general thematic framework. The article also discusses the roles and responsibilities of language studies in raising awareness of issues related to language and prejudice, and how this forms part of a more general resistance against xenophobia and sexism.

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Deutschmann, Mats, and Anders Steinvall. "Language, Prejudice, Awareness, and Resistance." Open Linguistics 6, no. 1 (December 31, 2020): 708–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0043.

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AbstractAs an introduction to the themed special volume on Language and Prejudice, this short editorial highlights aspects related to prejudice within, through, and towards language as well as how prejudice and stereotyping can affect our perception of language. We provide short summaries of the articles included in the volume and contextualise these within the general thematic framework. The article also discusses the roles and responsibilities of language studies in raising awareness of issues related to language and prejudice, and how this forms part of a more general resistance against xenophobia and sexism.

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Ross, Elaina M., and Jeffrey A. Hall. "The traditional sexual script and humor in courtship." HUMOR 33, no. 2 (May 27, 2020): 197–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/humor-2019-0017.

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AbstractTo account for sex differences in the production, receptivity, and preference for humor in potential mates during courtship, past research has often adopted an evolutionary approach. The present manuscript will attempt to integrate evolutionary explanations with proximal social and cultural influences using the traditional sexual script and ambivalent sexism theory. The results of both Study 1 (N=227) and Study 2 (N=424) suggest that trait masculinity is positively associated with humor production in courtship, while trait femininity is associated with humor receptivity. Study 1 indicated that the traditional flirting style was associated with less humor production by women, and Study 2 indicated that hostile sexism was related to a lower preference for a humor-producing potential partner by men. A sex difference in humor production in potential partners in Study 2 was no longer detectable once trait gender and hostile sexism was accounted for. Taken together, gender roles, over and above biological sex, influence one’s own humor use in courtship and preference for humor in potential partners.

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Carrillo, Victoria del Rocio Gomez, Esther Mena Rodriguez, and Miguel Angel Fernandez Jimenez. "An analysis of sexist language in interpersonal relations—A study on linguistic communication in higher education." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 6, no. 1 (May 10, 2019): 108–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v6i1.4161.

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This project aims to analyse the perceptions of university students about the use of language, as its correct use constitutes an important element for the development of gender equality. We question the idea that in university teaching, language is free of sexism and claim that this sexism is more evident in some branches of knowledge than in others. To this end, we will analyse the degree of importance attributed to language across different branches of knowledge and the identification of sexist expressions in daily use. The methodology used is based on a survey and interview. Different groups belonging to different degree courses of the academic communities of the Universities of Malaga and Seville participated in the research. Following this analysis, we reflect on the language use prevailing in the university environment since it constitutes a central space of action for its educational and socializing mission. Keywords: Sexist language, discrimination, students, university, communication and education.

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Gabriel, Ute, Pascal M. Gygax, and Elisabeth A. Kuhn. "Neutralising linguistic sexism: Promising but cumbersome?" Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 21, no. 5 (July 19, 2018): 844–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430218771742.

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The generic use of grammatically (or lexically) gender-marked nouns and pronouns (GM) to refer to women and men in Indo-European languages has been criticised as gender-asymmetric since the 1970s. Two main strategies for eliminating asymmetry have been suggested: visibility by feminisation and de-gendering by neutralisation. Feminisation strategies seek to contribute to women’s visibility in discourse by explicitly and symmetrically referring to women and men, thus continuing to highlight gender boundaries. In contrast, neutralisation strategies downplay gender boundaries by promoting the use of unmarked nouns and pronouns. We discuss feminisation and neutralisation strategies and review: (a) evidence (from our own work and that of others) on the effect of neutralisation and feminisation strategies on speakers’ and readers’ mental representations of gender and associated behaviours, and (b) evidence on individual variables facilitating and hampering the successful implementation of a less asymmetric—and therefore more gender-fair—language use. Based on this review, we suggest, in particular, to use feminisation strategies in contexts that are already gendered, and to use neutralisation strategies in nongendered ones (hence keeping the context gender-neutral).

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