There have been books written about how the English language is inherently sexist. This was especially so in the 1980s Two authors I recall are Julia Penelope (a linguist) and Mary Daly (a philosopher). If you are not familiar with them Julia presents an analysis and Mary came up an alternative vocabulary. Where does this structural bias…
There have been books written about how the English language is inherently sexist. This was especially so in the 1980s Two authors I recall are Julia Penelope (a linguist) and Mary Daly (a philosopher). If you are not familiar with them Julia presents an analysis and Mary came up an alternative vocabulary. Where does this structural bias come from? Well that seems to be so long ago that it has been taken for granted that it is just how it is. Anyway I did lots of reading back then that I found very interesting and useful.. You may or may not be familiar with it or find it useful.
There have been books written about how the English language is inherently sexist. This was especially so in the 1980s Two authors I recall are Julia Penelope (a linguist) and Mary Daly (a philosopher). If you are not familiar with them Julia presents an analysis and Mary came up an alternative vocabulary. Where does this structural bias come from? Well that seems to be so long ago that it has been taken for granted that it is just how it is. Anyway I did lots of reading back then that I found very interesting and useful.. You may or may not be familiar with it or find it useful.
The structural bias, just part of Herstory I guess…