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... sexism , " he went on with his ethnocentric description of " sexism ” in Japan : now imagine a culture that forbids women most of the time to speak the same language as men , a society where women actually have to use different words ...
... sexism , " he went on with his ethnocentric description of " sexism ” in Japan : now imagine a culture that forbids women most of the time to speak the same language as men , a society where women actually have to use different words ...
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... sexist ways because they have sexist attitudes . Therefore , we have to change people's attitudes , not the language . 2. CREATIVITY : Even if there are sexist expressions in English , asking us to refrain from using them is asking us ...
... sexist ways because they have sexist attitudes . Therefore , we have to change people's attitudes , not the language . 2. CREATIVITY : Even if there are sexist expressions in English , asking us to refrain from using them is asking us ...
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... Sexism and Lan- guage , 43-74 . Ed . Alleen Pace Nilsen , et al . Urbana : National Council of Teachers of English . 1978. " Sexist Grammar . " College English March : 800–11 . 1979a . " Style and Choice in English Syntax : Target ...
... Sexism and Lan- guage , 43-74 . Ed . Alleen Pace Nilsen , et al . Urbana : National Council of Teachers of English . 1978. " Sexist Grammar . " College English March : 800–11 . 1979a . " Style and Choice in English Syntax : Target ...
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