英语中存在性别差异问题分析 [4]
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关键词:英语性别歧视男性偏见原因
摘要:语言,作为社会的一面镜子,能反映文化以及社会的现实性别歧视是一个普遍的社会现象,这不仅体现在社会生活的各个方面,而且在语言。
e and culture. Therefore,the phenomenon of gender discrimination in language,including discrimination against females and bias against males in English,must have certainsocial and cultural causes. As the development of social division of labors and socialproductivity force,the role of males is more and more important, whereas the role of femaleslowered. The idea that men are superior to women is deeply rooted in the society. However, atthe same time,the expectation of people on males' role is sometimes too high, and they showlitter tolerance toward these men who fail to behave according to the stereotyped role requiredby the society. As the basis of western culture, we can also find the cultural origin of thisphenomenon in Bible,in which, evil images are always referred to as the pronoun “he. Sincethen,the relation between males and evil things begin to take root in the heart of people.
From the study and analysis, we can come into the conclusion that the language,as aninstrument that reflects social reality, is neutral, thus it will not discriminate one gender.However, as a symbolic system and social phenomenon,language is the carrier of people'sthoughts, thinking tool and tool for communication. Therefore, it will inevitably reflect thevalues, religious belief of a society as well as the thoughts and behavioral habits of people. Thesexism phenomenon is reflected in all aspects of people's life,exerting great influence on thethoughts and behavioral pattern of a nation. There is the phenomenon that defames anddepreciates females. At the same time, the linguists neglect the opposite sides, the existence ofanti-male bias in language. We should examine the sexism phenomenon in English from theperspective of males. Both males and females are the victim of some stereotyped views. Thepurpose of this thesis is to demonstrate that there is not only gender discrimination againstfemales in English, but also the anti-male bias and explore the causes of such phenomena. As awhole,Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis of linguistic relativity stands as a comprehensively morepowerful theory to account for the linguistic sexism in English. Therefore,the selection ofstrategies for change should be guided by the principle of social effectiveness in addition tolinguistic viability. Changing or eliminating certain language forms may not always alter thelanguage practices in which they are embedded and this is a weakness of the strategies for theyare prone to being regarded as simply “surface” measures. As a result, the elimination ofsexism in English lies in social change. When women and men hold really equal social status,then the language equality can be truly achieved. Therefore, both the linguistic action andsocial action are important for the purpose of eliminating sexism in language. It is hoped thatthis thesis is helpful for us to understand and overcome the negative aspect in social culturereflected from language, so as to achieve the gender harmony.
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