Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Playboy Bunny, Roberta Bondar, Ableism
3 Apr 2016
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Laurel richardson: early language learners only hear males when they hear words like. Language is not discrete from: politics, work place, toy choices, peer play, movies, music videos, child-parent interactions, children books, advertisements. Apart of culture and also influences culture. Language is a mirror for the world around us mimetic approach. Language merely reflects the world around us, as a neutral objective tool for describing our experiences: a mimetic view of language. Post structuralism: language works to shape and construct or realities: language produces realities. Less likely to choose professions because you don"t see yourself positively refleced in the language. Language is a repositories of a culture: it shapes and reflects what is desirable and interesting and fearsome. Language evolves, it grows, it shifts: new words reflect new values. Mrs. she stands in relation to him. Ms. introduced by feminism: why should it matter if she"s married or not, now its used for people who"s marital status is unknown.
