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2023-12-02
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Sexism in English
Sexism in English language reflects the traditional ethics that men are
【T1】______to women. Here, four aspects will be discussed to explain the【T1】______
causes.
I. The cultural factor
Holy Bible:【T2】______【T2】______
—the order of the birth of man and woman
—【T3】______committed by the woman【T3】______
II. The physiological factor
—men:【T4】______【T4】______
—women: mature more rapidly
—women being considered to be【T5】______in intelligence【T5】______
III. The social factor:【T6】______【T6】______
1. Feminists: the society we live in is【T7】______【T7】______
2.【T8】______in allocating tasks, activities, rights and responsibilities【T8】______
—In history: women were responsible for housework and child-care,
while men’s mission is【T9】______【T9】______
—In modern society:
1)Half of women are employed【T10】______, but their main roles are wife【T10】______
and mother.
2)Men also have family roles, but they are mainly defined by their
【T11】______position.【T11】______
IV.【T12】______【T12】______
People treat women as men’s appendix.
—men: educated to be manly,【T13】______, and brave【T13】______
—women:
1)required to be polite, conservative, obedient, and gentle
2)have to constrain their emotions to【T14】______men【T14】______
3)mould themselves to be inferior in their potential sub-consciousness
4)try to speak【T15】______to show their submission and politeness【T15】______ [br] 【T9】
Sexism in English
Good morning, everyone, today we will talk something about sexism in English. As we all know,(1)sexism in English language has existed for a long time, which is the reflection of traditional ethics that men are superior to women. Today I will focus on the causes of sexism in English language, and I will discuss it from four aspects: the cultural factor, the physiological factor, the social factor and the psychological factor.
First, let’s have a look at the cultural factor.
(2)The Holy Bible is actually a book of men. As Christianity is such a powerful religion in Western countries, it is unreasonable to deny that this helps to set and consolidate the inferiority of women. From the Holy Bible, we know man came to the world first while woman was made from one of the man’s ribs. From the order of the birth, it is obvious to see the different importance of man and woman. In addition,(3)the first sin is also committed by the woman. She was seduced by the snake into eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and having the man eat too. At last, the woman was punished to bring forth children in pain and was ruled over by the man. From above, the superiority of men and inferiority of women is clearly seen.
Second, we’ll move to the physiological factor.
(4)For extended work and life together, people realized that men are tall in stature, strong in muscle and robust in physique. In contrary to men, women are small in stature, weak in physique and have more fat and less muscle than men. Women also mature more rapidly. In a word, men are stronger than women. This determines that men play a more and more important role in social and economic lives. A man’s job is to work outside but a woman’s job is to stay at home, do the housework and take care of the children. Women are treated as the weaker ones and they realize their own values through their marriages to men. At last, women are lower in status. They have to depend on men and are dominated by men.(5)Gradually, people begin to discriminate women and think that they are inferior in intelligence. This wrong perspective forms slowly and reflects in language.
(6)Third, I’ll focus on the social factor, or we might say labor division.
(7)Feminists all claim that we live in a patriarchal society: a society of men, ruled by men and for men. Patriarchy depicts men as the perfect norm against which women are measured and found lacking.
(8)Both the Western and Eastern societies use sex, to one degree or another, in allocating tasks, activities, rights, and responsibilities. As for the job done by men and women, there is a long-stereotyped notion of what they can do.(9)In history, there has been a division of labor—a division in which women’s place was restrained at home for housework and childcare while men worked outside being the breadwinner. At last, men had dominance over women, and women had to be dependent on men. This was the turning point for women. From then on, in paternal society, slavery society and capitalist society, women had been on the bottom of society. In the long and endless course of history, sexism against women has been accumulated. It is due to different labor division that leads to different social status. This has been clear in ancient and modern society. Later, in addition to domestic work, women began to enter the paid work place.(10)However, even though half of women are employed outside the home, the belief persists that woman is mainly, and primarily, in the roles of wife and mother.
Due to women’s relative physical weakness and lower educational background, they do primarily the low-status, low-paying jobs.(11)Although men also have family roles, they are defined primarily by their economic or occupational position. Thus the sexism in the society has been in existence, the embodiment of which is necessarily the sexism of language.
(12)Last but not least, let’s look at the psychological factor.
Because of the social and cultural factors, women are always considered to be the weak. People treat women as men’s appendix.(13)They educate men to be manly, decisive, and brave while women are required to be polite, conservative, obedient, and gentle.(14)Because women are in subordinate status in the society, they have to constrain their emotions and give up their own needs to meet the satisfactions of men. As time passes, women pay more attention to the elegance and standard of language than men. They use more pleasant and polite words in the hope that they can receive other’s approval. And they are taught to speak softly, to avoid contradicting others, to be obedient in communication, and to be aware of giving cues of strong confidence. They mould themselves to be inferior in their potential sub-consciousness. Therefore, women try their best to strengthen their social status through their speech than men do. The lower women’s position is, the more polite they are in the face of others.(15)And the standard language they use can show their submission and politeness. This also suggests that women are in a lower position in the society.
With this, we’re coming to the end of today’s lecture. Next time, we’ll talk about the phenomena of sexism in English language. Thanks for your listening. Wish my explanation may give you some help. See you next time.
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supporting the family
解析
本题考查重要细节。句(9)讲到了有史以来的男女分工问题,女人总是待在家里做家务、照顾小孩,而男人则在外工作,养家糊口,因此填入supporting the family。
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