Base Knowledge
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2. Explain the meaning of a generic term.
- A term used in preference to gender specific ones, or coined where one does not already exist.
- Words that can be used for any age group
- Vague words, thought to be favored by women in Otto Jesperson's research
- Words that have different meanings for the different genders
3. Why might gender be ingrained in our language?
- Children find it easier to learn language this way.
- English came from Anglo-Saxon which had a case system and three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter).
- It adds more complexity to our grammatical structures, which the human brain strove to create.
- The people who use the language are gendered.
4. What are marked nouns?
- These are nouns that take different forms, based on the subjects gender.
- They are words that have an adjective attached to them
- They are nouns that have been changed to be less sexist
- They are nouns which signal position
5. What is meant by "Male-As-Norm"?
- In many cases the norm, or standard is male, and the female term is still the subordinate one.
- Men are not oppressed in society
- Men are expected to do more than women.
- Men are more likely to work than women
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