Man Made LanguageSynopsis: One of the great classics of the women's movement, Man-Made Language opened our eyes to the myriad ways in which the rules and uses of language promote a male, and so inherently partial, view of the world. Often imitated, never replaced, Man-Made Language has become a cornerstone of modern feminist thought. |
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Introduction I | 1 |
To Believe or not to Believe LanguageSex | 7 |
Constructing Womens Silence | 52 |
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accept Adrienne Rich Ardener assumptions become begin behaviour belief bias Consciousness-raising constructed context contradiction CR groups deficiency defined definitions difficult discourse discussion dominant group dominant reality dominant/muted Elaine Morgan Elizabeth Gaskell encoded English English language evidence example exclusively existence false female feminine feminism feminist gender he/man human invisible Joan Roberts knowledge Lakoff legitimated linguistic listening male control male grammarians male meanings male supremacy Mary Daly masculine men's Men's Studies minus male mixed-sex motherhood muted group names objectivity patriarchal order political position possible problem production questions rape reason reference reinforced Robin Lakoff role semantic rule semantic space sex differences sexism in language sexual Sheila Rowbotham silence of women single-sex social society sociology speakers structure studies suggest symbolic tag questions thought and reality Tillie Olsen validity Virginia Woolf woman talk women writers women's language women's meanings words writing