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• Authors: Valdrova J.

Title variants

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HOW DO LANGUAGE KILL THE IMAGE OF WOMAN EXPERT

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the phenomenon of linguistic sexism in the Czech language. The authoress argues for the development of non-sexist strategies in the Czech language and proposes the list of possible strategies how to reach gender neutral form of language. Her main argument is that language disposes symbolic power to define the content of gender roles and thus it can naturalize socially constructed interpretation of masculinity and femininity. Furthermore, she proposes examples and unveils the subconsciously working gender unequal practises in using language. For example, it is common in the Czech language to use generic masculine when speaking about men and women together. However, the authoress gives evidence that these practices support stereotypes concerning the construction of men's and women's role in society. Furthermore, it is well-established to change the form of foreign women's surname according to Czech language practise. As a result of this the surname is changed and difficultly recognizable and loses its function as a 'brand' that consequently disadvantages women. ( www.genderonline.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2006013101)

Keywords

EN

CZECH LANGUAGE; GENDER; LINGUISTIC SEXISM

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum (Gender, Equal Opportunities, Research)
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 1-3
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Valdrova J.

• J. Valdrova, Department of German Studies, Pedagogical Fakulty, Jihoceská univerzita v Ceských Budejovicich, Jeronýmova 10, 371 15 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic

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06CZAAAA01633576