Gender Bias in Language and Communication
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What is the primary focus of gender communication?

  • The impact of culture on language
  • The ways gendered beings communicate (correct)
  • The role of technology in communication
  • The psychology of language development

    • What is a consequence of sexist language in communication?

  • It affects consciousness and perceptions of reality (correct)
  • It has no impact on socialization
  • It only affects women
  • It promotes gender equality

    • What is reflected in the lexical choices of everyday communication?

  • Gender stereotypes (correct)
  • Racial stereotypes
  • Age-related stereotypes
  • Class-based stereotypes

    • How do grammatical and syntactical rules in many languages often present feminine terms?

    <p>Deriving from the corresponding masculine form</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a result of using masculine nouns and pronouns with a generic function to refer to both men and women?

    <p>It makes women disappear in mental representations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is essential for challenging societal asymmetries of status and power in language?

    <p>Promoting gender-fair language practices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential consequence of using 'he' and 'man' as generic terms in language?

    <p>The reader is likely to imagine a male</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of using gender-fair language?

    <p>To minimize unnecessary concern about gender in the subject matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can people affect the attributions of the receiver through linguistic abstraction?

    <p>By choosing terms that are consistent with stereotypical beliefs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a way to reduce gender bias in language?

    <p>By changing people's linguistic habits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of gender-fair language?

    <p>It minimizes unnecessary concern about gender in the subject matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential outcome of using gender-biased language?

    <p>Enacting gender discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tendency of the average reader when encountering the pronouns 'he' or 'man' in a gender-neutral passage?

    <p>To imagine a male</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Pearson's classification, what is the characteristic of 'masculine rhetoric'?

    <p>Decisive and direct</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key difference in language use between men and women, according to Cameron's research?

    <p>Men are more competitive in their language use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do men mainly communicate, according to the Admin/Public Relations article?

    <p>To support their prominence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a nonverbal indicator of listening and understanding that women use more frequently than men?

    <p>Paralanguage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of women's use of communicative touching, according to the Admin/Public Relations article?

    <p>To build connection and rapport</p> Signup and view all the answers

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