Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lorde, Critical Reading, Stereotype
11 Sep 2018
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Two: pronouns reflect different personality attributes and career aspirations for men and women: men are doctors, women are nurses, a mother and the daughter are in an accident. The mother dies instantly and the daughter is taken to the nearest hospital. A nurse declines to attend to the patient because that girl is my daughter. Three: language constructs women as immature and incompetent; men as mature and competent: men must adopt the responsibility of manhood while women must remain childlike and without power (70) Four: women are defined in terms of their sexual desirability to men; men in terms of their sexual prowess over women: stud, player vs slut, whore, prostitute, men are active, women are passive. Five: women are defined in terms of their relationship to men: master and mistress: work and sex, mr. and mrs. man"s name. The english language prioritizes men ( men and women , he and she man and wife):
