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 (D)</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 (A)</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 (D)</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 (A)</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 (A)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a way to reduce gender bias in language?

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

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

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

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

<p>Decisive and direct (B)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>To support their prominence (D)</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 (C)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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