Monday, June 9, 2014

Gendered language scavanger hunt


Scavanger Hunt

Find an example of these species of gendered language. Once you find it, you need to craft a blog post that shows off what you found.

1.     Man-Made

2.     Pronouns

a.     the universal,
b.      to modify a noun, i.e., lady lawyer

3.     The Trix

4.     Reduction to body part (synecdoche)

5.     Syntax
a.     Women as passive object
b.     Ordering men before women

6.     Symmetry



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