Language And Gender

Group members :

Siti Aqilah Binti Zahari (4171004191)

Nur Khairunnisa Bt Mohd Nezam(4171004141)
Siti Aisyah Binti Omar(4171004171)
Neereyshia a/p Dharmendra(4171003431)
Definition :
Sexist language encodes stereotyped attitudes of a culture or a
society towards women and men. This stereotype is passed down from
one generation to the next

The study of sexist language :

a) Language expresses both negative and positive stereotypes of
both women and men.
b) Language often conveys a negative attitude towards women
Can A Language Be Sexist ?
a)Sexism involves behaviour which maintain social
inequalities between women and men.

b) English language discriminates against women.

c) English metaphor available to describe women

include an extraordinarily high number of dero
gatory images compared to those used to
describe men
a) Animal Imagery

b) Food Imagery

c) Generic Structure

d)Linguistic Categories
Mixed Talk Place your screenshot here
The ways in which the speech patterns of
men and women differ when speaking to a
member of the opposite sex.
 Examples:
a)Males would use conversations openers and closers more
frequently when talk to women.

b) Males use more emoticons and smiley when conversing with

females.

c)Males become less rough and more considerate when speak

with the opposite sex.
 Differences between same-sex
talk among men and women

Topics of Men Women

conversation
Personal / Private Prefer to talk about work, Prefer to talk about personal
money, sports, video games problems, familial matters,
matters
and current technology gossip, provide emotional
support and discuss shared
interests
Social Media Rarely use emoticons Usually freely use emoticons
Jokes/Teasing Crass, derogatory, harsh Gentle, playful remarks,
name-calling quick to apologise if
addressee is offended
Video
 Difference
between male and
female speech
pattern in the
workplace
Definition :
× The comparison in which male and
female speech patterns differ when
speaking in a group, to subordinates
and each other.
 Male Speech Strategies Female Speech Strategies

Give monosyllabic responses Support and maintain the conversation

Interrupting and disputing more frequently Encourage the speaker to speak more

More dogmatic Less dogmatic

Tend to use obscenity Tend to use exclamations, intensifiers,

emotively charged words
Ask less questions, less likely to respond to Ask more questions, more likely to respond
other’s remarks to remarks of others

When speaking to subordinates, men rarely When speaking to subordinates, females

use tag lines use tag lines
 Questions :
1. What is definition of sexist language?
2. In your own words, give 1 example of mixed
talk.
3. Give 1 difference between
a)female to female conversation and
b)male to male conversation
THANKS!