Analysis of Female Sexism from the Perspective of English Language

Zhang Xinlian

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Analysis of Female Sexism from the Perspective of English Language

Zhang Xinlian

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Received: 16 September 2021 Accepted: 21 October 2021 Published: 29 October 2021

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Language is an important part of social culture. Language and culture interact with each other and are mutually conditional. Language is a mirror reflecting society. The choice of language reflects the culture and ideology of the language users. Sexism, as a universal social phenomenon, will be reflected in languages with specific social and cultural awareness. Sexism is a prejudice without sufficient factual basis held by members of one gender against members of another gender. It is a social attitude that deviates from objective facts and is a direct manifestation of thought. Belittling and discrimination against women are common in English language. Objectively speaking, the term "sexism" refers to both men and women. The word "sexism" in this paper mainly refers to discrimination against women. Language is not static, but evolves with social history. As a result, the degree of sexism in language varies from period to period. Since the 20th century, thanks to the efforts of feminists, linguistic scholars and the public, sexism in the English language has been greatly weakened, and the neutrality of English has become increasingly evident. The phenomenon of sexism in English language has existed for a long time and has received widespread attention. This paper enumerates representative examples of everyday language phenomena, discusses the sexism in English language, explores the reasons behind it, and deduces the development trend of sexism in English language.

Published in	Social Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ss.20211005.15
Page(s)	237-240
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Language, Culture, Sexism, Feminist Movement

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College of Foreign Studies, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, China

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  abstract = {Language is an important part of social culture. Language and culture interact with each other and are mutually conditional. Language is a mirror reflecting society. The choice of language reflects the culture and ideology of the language users. Sexism, as a universal social phenomenon, will be reflected in languages with specific social and cultural awareness. Sexism is a prejudice without sufficient factual basis held by members of one gender against members of another gender. It is a social attitude that deviates from objective facts and is a direct manifestation of thought. Belittling and discrimination against women are common in English language. Objectively speaking, the term "sexism" refers to both men and women. The word "sexism" in this paper mainly refers to discrimination against women. Language is not static, but evolves with social history. As a result, the degree of sexism in language varies from period to period. Since the 20th century, thanks to the efforts of feminists, linguistic scholars and the public, sexism in the English language has been greatly weakened, and the neutrality of English has become increasingly evident. The phenomenon of sexism in English language has existed for a long time and has received widespread attention. This paper enumerates representative examples of everyday language phenomena, discusses the sexism in English language, explores the reasons behind it, and deduces the development trend of sexism in English language.},
 year = {2021}
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