Title: SEXIST LANGUAGE
1SEXIST LANGUAGE
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY SEXIST LANGUAGE
2DEFINITION
ANY LANGUAGE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST
EITHER SEX IS SEXIST.
3EXAMPLES
FIREMAN FIREFIGHTER POLICEMAN POLICE
OFFICER MAILMAN POSTAL WORKER WAITRESS SERVE
R CONGRESSMAN CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
STEWARDESS FLIGHT ATTENDANT
4 SEXIST LANGUAGE
A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE OF
EVERYTHING HIS SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO.
5ALTERNATIVES TO SEXIST LANGUAGE
A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING
THE SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO. (CHANGE
PRONOUN) A PLATOON LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR EVERYTHING HIS/HER SOLDIERS DO OR DO NOT DO.
(USE BOTH PRONOUNS) PLATOON LEADERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THEIR SOLDIERS DO OR
DO NOT DO. (USE PLURAL PRONOUNS)
6SEXIST LANGUAGE
THE BEST WAY TO ELIMINATE SEXIST LANGUAGE IS TO
USE THE PLURAL PRONOUNS WITH PLURAL
NOUNS. THEY, THEIR, THEM