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... women ( 164 ) . Blakar , citing Robin Lakoff's Language and Woman's Place ( 1975 ) , observed that her analysis focused on answers to two different ques- tions : ( 1 ) How do women speak English ? and ( 2 ) How do men talk about women ...
... women ( 164 ) . Blakar , citing Robin Lakoff's Language and Woman's Place ( 1975 ) , observed that her analysis focused on answers to two different ques- tions : ( 1 ) How do women speak English ? and ( 2 ) How do men talk about women ...
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... women's language " ( NPR ) . Women who don't speak the submissive dialect men assign to them don't get jobs . R. Lakoff ( 1975 ) and Mary Ritchie Key ( 1975 ) both noted that the sen- tences of English - speaking women are likely to be ...
... women's language " ( NPR ) . Women who don't speak the submissive dialect men assign to them don't get jobs . R. Lakoff ( 1975 ) and Mary Ritchie Key ( 1975 ) both noted that the sen- tences of English - speaking women are likely to be ...
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... women as less than human . In Dyirbal and Chinese women are conceptually categorized as inherently evil and dangerous . Second , women are the objects of male discourse , and the male distinction between " good " and " bad " women is ...
... women as less than human . In Dyirbal and Chinese women are conceptually categorized as inherently evil and dangerous . Second , women are the objects of male discourse , and the male distinction between " good " and " bad " women is ...
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