Language and Gender

Bette Davis apparently said, ‘when a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch’. You get her point. Issues around language and gender are often charged, and sometimes polarized. Much has been said and written on the topic. Seen in historical perspective, the discourse of language and gender perhaps reveals more about the zeitgeist of the historical period, the politics...

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