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Page xv
... language and women as property that they have the right to control and restrain and the obligation to protect . Men's grammatical rules prescribe " good " English just as their social rules proscribe the behaviors of " good " women ...
... language and women as property that they have the right to control and restrain and the obligation to protect . Men's grammatical rules prescribe " good " English just as their social rules proscribe the behaviors of " good " women ...
Page xviii
... English go unchallenged . If we doubt our perceptions about the language we hear and speak every day , who among us has the daring to cry , " The Emperor has no clothes " ? Fiction is more palatable than fact . Year after year ...
... English go unchallenged . If we doubt our perceptions about the language we hear and speak every day , who among us has the daring to cry , " The Emperor has no clothes " ? Fiction is more palatable than fact . Year after year ...
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... language bashers " identified by Seamans are people who want to eliminate English expressions that purport to include women but are , in fact , male - specific in their reference , for ex- ample , brother , man , and mankind . English ...
... language bashers " identified by Seamans are people who want to eliminate English expressions that purport to include women but are , in fact , male - specific in their reference , for ex- ample , brother , man , and mankind . English ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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