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2 - Boys Will Be Boys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2020

Karen Stollznow
Karen Stollznow
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
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Summary

This chapter looks at discriminatory language related to sex and gender, in the past and present. We treat the “waves of feminism” and discuss how sexism is embedded in our language and society. We discuss sexist language in politics, the workplace, and such phrases as, locker room talk, Boys will be boys, That’s just how men speak, Not all men, and the Me Too movement. The concept of gender is explained, and transgender issues are discussed, including restroom rules, dead-naming, and misgendering, i.e., the incorrect use of pronouns as an insult. We consider contemporary cases and examples of sexism in pop culture and the media.

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Sexismchauvinismwomen’s rightsfeminismmisogynysexual harassmentgenderintersextransgendertransphobia
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On the Offensive
Prejudice in Language Past and Present
 , pp. 55 - 95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Boys Will Be Boys
  • Karen Stollznow, Griffith University, Queensland
  • Book: On the Offensive
  • Online publication: 06 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866637.003
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  • Boys Will Be Boys
  • Karen Stollznow, Griffith University, Queensland
  • Book: On the Offensive
  • Online publication: 06 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866637.003
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  • Boys Will Be Boys
  • Karen Stollznow, Griffith University, Queensland
  • Book: On the Offensive
  • Online publication: 06 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866637.003
Available formats
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