Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Flickr
In the text, it is just brought up how a certain gender can look at a phrase differently from the opposite sex. Men tend to think that women self-doubt themselves when they use specific words in a sentence. For instance in the sentence, "Our team effort likely led to our success." Men would think the word "likely" indicates the self-doubt. Many misundestandings can be made when it comes to language. In the discussion on the popular website Flickr, people are discussing the 'sexist language' that may be used when labeling pictures, and labeling people in general as well. I think it really just all depends on the person, and how hey comprehend it.
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Hey.
ReplyDeleteIt is true it really does depend on the person and how they interpret it as. There can be some people that might misunderstand some words and take it the wrong way, but it seems like everyone thinks that the only people who be offended by sexist language are women. I think that men are also offended as much as women, because I know some of my friends hate it when I call them boy. The book seems that they are favoring the men over women with that sentence that men tend to think that women self doubt themselves. I think that is a little sexist.
Hey Kai.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on how the language just matters to certain people. In general, people usually just say common words, not paying attention to their sexist/nonsexist language. It's just so common and embedded into our vocabulary that it's just seen as a simple word to define someone or something. Some people do stop to correct people. For an example from what Sheryl mentioned, some of my friends get "offended" when I label them as boys. Depending on the content of the sentence,"boy" can mean that they're being childish. So again it does matter on how a person interprets it and also how the speaker is using the word.
hey kai,
ReplyDeleteI found the flicker article very helpful. Sexist language is not something we think about all the time, so it was some sort of a reminder that it is there. I found the fact that men view the word "likely" as self doubt, interesting because I wouldnt have thought that myself.But I do see why someone would think that. I agree that it does depend on the person if they take offense or not, but it is a good thing to keep in mind when writing your presentation because you wouldnt want to offend anyone in your audience. Well, good luck with you next speech.