Generic Man, Hen pronouns, sex marked nouns and genderlect

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  • Created by: @laura
  • Created on: 06-03-17 12:04
Generic Man
Terms that are male centric e.g. Mankind don't consider women
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Sex marked nouns
Like generic man but also can be female stereotyped e.g. Actor/actress
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Neutral pronoun
A pronoun that includes both men and women however can still reflect male and female pronouns 'hir' and 'hirm' 'heesh'
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Hen Pronoun
Used in Sweden as neutral compared to gender specific pronouns 'hon' and 'han'
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Genderlect
The view that masculine and feminine discourses should be viewed as two different cultural dialects
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Card 2

Front

Like generic man but also can be female stereotyped e.g. Actor/actress

Back

Sex marked nouns

Card 3

Front

A pronoun that includes both men and women however can still reflect male and female pronouns 'hir' and 'hirm' 'heesh'

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Used in Sweden as neutral compared to gender specific pronouns 'hon' and 'han'

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

The view that masculine and feminine discourses should be viewed as two different cultural dialects

Back

Preview of the back of card 5

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