Language Helps Create Social Reality, Beginning with the Division of People

question 101

Essay

Language helps create social reality, beginning with the division of people into worlds of "maleness" and "femaleness." Write an essay in which you explain how language involving gender creates different worlds for women and men.Think of specific ways in which everyday language places the two sexes in different and unequal social positions.

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Definitions:

Closed Circulatory System

A type of circulatory system in which the blood flows through a continuous circuit of blood vessels; characteristic of annelids, cephalopods, and vertebrates. Compare with open circulatory system.

Mollusks

A diverse group of invertebrates that includes snails, slugs, oysters, and octopuses, characterized by a soft body, many with a hard shell.

Polyplacophora

A class of marine mollusks known as chitons, characterized by their eight-plated dorsal shells and grazing habits.

Intertidal Zone

The marine shoreline area between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark.