Non-Sexist Language Use

Ann Weatherall; Nancy A Naples; J Michael Ryan; Renée C Hoogland; Maithree Wickramsing; Wai Ching Angela Wong

doi:10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss147

Non-Sexist Language Use

Ann Weatherall
, Nancy A Naples
, J Michael Ryan
, Renée C Hoogland
, Maithree Wickramsing
, Wai Ching Angela Wong

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Abstract

Non-sexist language use is about changing and raising awareness about the unequal ways language represents women and men. There is a lot of variability in the ways that gender is encoded across different languages. As a result the strategies to promote non-sexist language differ. Linguistic activists have employed a range of creative strategies to highlight gender issues. For example, feminists coined herstory to highlight male dominance in historical accounts and queer activists have promoted terms such as female bodied as a way of challenging a dominant assumption that gender identity matches biological sex.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Pages	1-2
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118663219
ISBN (Print)	9781405196949
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss147
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2016

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feminisms
gender
language

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General Social Sciences

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