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... Patriarchal cultures , in which men are the only ones who write , cultivate the metaphor GRAMMAR IS SEX , and the one that gives it meaning , LANGUAGE IS A WOMAN . Alan of Lille's De Planctu Naturae , probably written sometime after the ...
... Patriarchal cultures , in which men are the only ones who write , cultivate the metaphor GRAMMAR IS SEX , and the one that gives it meaning , LANGUAGE IS A WOMAN . Alan of Lille's De Planctu Naturae , probably written sometime after the ...
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... patriarchal modes of perceiving and categorizing the world , we can avoid , and think around and outside of patriarchal conceptual structures . As we unlearn the ways of thinking we internalized as children , we will also create woman ...
... patriarchal modes of perceiving and categorizing the world , we can avoid , and think around and outside of patriarchal conceptual structures . As we unlearn the ways of thinking we internalized as children , we will also create woman ...
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... patriarchal rules and be considered " good . " The words masculine and feminine exist because they provide de- scriptions essential to the maintenance of patriarchal reality . But the exist- ence and continual use of these words doesn't ...
... patriarchal rules and be considered " good . " The words masculine and feminine exist because they provide de- scriptions essential to the maintenance of patriarchal reality . But the exist- ence and continual use of these words doesn't ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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