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Which type of power is associated with politicians and police?
Which type of power is associated with politicians and police?
What does Dale Spender suggest about the generic male language?
What does Dale Spender suggest about the generic male language?
Which concept relates to how class, gender, and ethnicity can influence power dynamics?
Which concept relates to how class, gender, and ethnicity can influence power dynamics?
What type of power is used to influence and persuade others?
What type of power is used to influence and persuade others?
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According to Dale Spender, what makes challenging male power difficult?
According to Dale Spender, what makes challenging male power difficult?
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Study Notes
Wareing (1999)
- Different types of power include political (politicians, police)
- Personal power is related to occupation/role
- Social power is linked to class, gender, ethnicity, and age, potentially related to muted group theory
Different Types of Power Use
- Instrumental power: maintaining and enforcing authority/gaining compliance
- Influential power: influencing and persuading others to act
Spender - Man-Made Language
- Language is created by men, particularly in patriarchal societies
- Language benefits men and operates in their favor
- Language systems order, categorize, and manipulate the world
- Language constructs reality
- Stereotypes and labels about women (disobedient, abnormal, promiscuous, frigid, or neurotic) exclude women and impact their identities.
- Generic masculine pronouns (he/his) exclude women.
- Dale Spender argues language embodies structures that support male power—referencing Zimmerman and West's work. Challenging this male power structure is claimed to be difficult because the way people think is part of and reinforces this power.
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Explore the concepts of power as discussed by Wareing and Spender, focusing on how different types of power influence social dynamics. Understand the implications of language in reinforcing patriarchal structures and the exclusion of women through linguistic practices. This quiz delves into the intersection of language, gender, and social power.
