18 Questions
What is the primary focus of gender communication?
The ways gendered beings communicate
What is a consequence of sexist language in communication?
It affects consciousness and perceptions of reality
What is reflected in the lexical choices of everyday communication?
Gender stereotypes
How do grammatical and syntactical rules in many languages often present feminine terms?
Deriving from the corresponding masculine form
What is a result of using masculine nouns and pronouns with a generic function to refer to both men and women?
It makes women disappear in mental representations
What is essential for challenging societal asymmetries of status and power in language?
Promoting gender-fair language practices
What is a potential consequence of using 'he' and 'man' as generic terms in language?
The reader is likely to imagine a male
What is the primary goal of using gender-fair language?
To minimize unnecessary concern about gender in the subject matter
How can people affect the attributions of the receiver through linguistic abstraction?
By choosing terms that are consistent with stereotypical beliefs
What is a way to reduce gender bias in language?
By changing people's linguistic habits
What is a characteristic of gender-fair language?
It minimizes unnecessary concern about gender in the subject matter
What is a potential outcome of using gender-biased language?
Enacting gender discrimination
What is the tendency of the average reader when encountering the pronouns 'he' or 'man' in a gender-neutral passage?
To imagine a male
According to Pearson's classification, what is the characteristic of 'masculine rhetoric'?
Decisive and direct
What is a key difference in language use between men and women, according to Cameron's research?
Men are more competitive in their language use
Why do men mainly communicate, according to the Admin/Public Relations article?
To support their prominence
What is a nonverbal indicator of listening and understanding that women use more frequently than men?
Paralanguage
What is the purpose of women's use of communicative touching, according to the Admin/Public Relations article?
To build connection and rapport
This quiz explores the subtle ways in which language can perpetuate gender stereotypes and biases. Learn how linguistic abstraction and other implicit forms of bias can affect our perceptions of women and promote gender inequality.
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