Sexism in English

In the United Kingdom , Kingdom ' is still being used even when the country is already being ruled by a queen . When a woman marries a man , she uses the family name of her husband . The husband , on the other hand , does not change his name or title . The kids also adapt the names of the man

Other words that show how patriarchal society is , are history , when in reality , history was build by both men and women and not men alone and mankind , when in reality mankind is not just composed of men

but of women , too . The word humanity ' also forgets about women , the in reality , humanity is composed of all types of people with different races and backgrounds , and not men alone . Through language , it is clearly seen how women are forgotten , and how men are always put in the frontline of everything . Because of the opposition that should not even exist in the first place , women are always seen as beings associated with emotions , body , unreasonability , infinity and darkness (Cameron 1992 ,

. 85 . As long as this is what people are conditioned to think then inequality will be seen as a standard , and not as a problem that needs to be solved . Inequality is no longer fought for , because for people , it will be seen as normal , and a default character of a society

Sexism in language effectively reinforces inequality among genders because language is the most important part of culture . It is through language that people express themselves and describe objects in their lives . While women are using a language that demeans them and makes them mere sexual objects , then the meaning of their existence can 't go beyond what it is today . Although many people use sexist language unconsciously and without any deliberate need to...