GENDER SOCIETY

MODULE 7

Niño S. Sario

BTVTED AT 2 A

Activity

Am I Using Gender Fair Language

Try to reflect on your day to day action.Then answer the following question honestly.

1. How doyou speak to your female friends and how do you speak to your male friend

Do you shift in tone or word of choice?

Answer :

It depends on the person but for me, l speak in the same manner, word choice and tone when talking to
about female and male friends.

2. How do you describe a feminine speech?

Answer:

Traits traditionally cited as feminine include gracefulness, gentleness, empathy, humility, and sensitivity,
though traits associated with femininity vary across societies and individuals, and are influenced by a
variety of social and cultural factors.

3. How do you describe a masculine speech?

Answer:

The masculine speaking style focuses on accomplishing goals: being assertive, establishing status and
power, solve problems for others, talk to convey information or accomplish goals (not just to have a
conversation.)

4. Can we use the way a person speak or the choice his/herwords as basist o describe his/her gender?
Why or why not?

Answer:

This issue has come up often in our organization, the use of 'their' for singular instead of 'his/her. ' For
example, many write: 'This patient needs to follow their diet better. ' I would use 'his/her

1.Why is language is important?

Answer:

Language helps us express our feelings and thoughts this is unique to our species because it is a way to
express unique ideas and customs within different cultures and societies. By learning a foreign language,
you can understand ideas and thoughts that may be different from your own culture

2.what is sexiest language?

Answer:

French is the sexiest language in the history of ever. To make things even steamier, French is a legit
Romance language along with Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and a few others, named as such because of
their Latin roots.

3.ln what ways can language to be used to descriminate?

Answer:

Language discrimination refers to the unfair treatment of an individual based solely upon the
characteristics of their speech; such as, accent, size of vocabulary, and syntax. It can also involve a
person's ability or inability to use one language instead of another.

4.how can you name give power to ideas?

Answer:

A name, or identity, is a powerful thing. It is a descriptor that allows people to make quick judgments
and assumptions about us.

5. What are the some steps that can be taken to achieve for gender fair language

12 steps to achieve gender equality in our lifetimes Talk to:

Talk to women and girls

Let girls use mobile phones

Stop child marriage and sexual harassment

Make education gender sensitive

Raise aspirations of girls and their parents

Empower mothers

Give proper value to 'women's work

Get women into power

Reflection

The family is the basic unit of society.In your own idea how can gender fair language can be realized at
this lavel?

Answer:

Since, gender fair language is usually used for being a good person or individual to face the way we can
do to make sure that language, our use is strictly manner through the way we talk.