Sexist Language Reform in English Vocabulary

DOI

10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.157How to use a DOI?

Keywords

sexism; feminism; sexist language; reform; English vocabulary

Abstract

A large space of the paper is devoted to discussing the strategies and methods of sexist language reform in English vocabulary. With regard to western radical feminists’ experiments of effecting linguistic disruption and creating a woman-centered language, on the one hand, their contributions to enhancing people’s awareness of sexism in language are justified; but on the other hand, support in that respect is to some extent reserved, as their endeavors of seeking a perfect visibility of women result in the invisibility of men, which is a new type of sexism. More practicable to the author are the theories and strategies adopted by the feminist language planners who strive for linguistic equality between the sexes through gender neutralization and gender specification.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiuqin Hong
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TI  - Sexist Language Reform in English Vocabulary
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)
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