Gender and Development Resource Center Lecture Notes Flashcards

Flashcards on Gender-Fair Language, Sexism in Language, Non-Sexist Language, Addressing Persons Formally, LGBT Community, Sensitive Language, Disability Etiquette based on lecture notes.

__ is vital in any organization. A person can communicate one’s concepts, ideas, and perceptions through it.

Communication

Gender-Fair Language allows the reader to focus on the __ of the subject vice the gender of the subject

content

Gender-Fair Language removes the bias of not visualizing a __ containing both genders.

working environment

__ that excludes either men or women when discussing a topic that is applicable to both sexes.

Sexism Language

A common error that shows gender bias is assuming that the subject of all sentences is __.

male

Sexism in Language devaluates members of one sex, almost invariably __ , and thus fosters gender inequity.

women

Sexism in Language perpetuates notions of __.

male supremacy

Subsuming all humanity in the terms of man, father, brother, and master is the use of the __ masculine.

generic

Instead of 'businessman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

business executive

Instead of 'chairman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

chairperson

Instead of 'freshman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

first year

Instead of 'congressman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

representative

Instead of 'mailman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

mail carrier

Instead of 'policeman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

police officer

Instead of 'fireman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

firefighter

Instead of 'fisherman' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

fisherfolk

Instead of 'Master of Ceremonies' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

In-charge of Ceremonies

To eliminate the generic use of HE, HIS, or HIM unless the antecedent is obviously male, use __ nouns.

plural

To eliminate the generic use of HE, HIS, or HIM unless the antecedent is obviously male, use __ , WE, or YOU.

ONE

To eliminate the generic use of HE, HIS, or HIM unless the antecedent is obviously male, use the __ voice.

passive

Instead of 'ordinary man' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

ordinary people

Instead of 'mankind' use __ as a gender-fair alternative.

humanity

Eliminate sexism in symbolic representations of gender in words, sentences, and text by taking the __ of the word, analyzing its meaning, and eliminating sexism in the concept.

context

Eliminate sexism in symbolic representations of gender in words, sentences, and text by finding __ words to delineate the thing itself from supposedly sex-linked characteristics.

precise

When eliminating sexual stereotyping of roles, use the __ term for both genders when it comes to profession or employment.

same

When eliminating sexual stereotyping of roles, use gender terms in lexical terms.

fair

When eliminating sexual stereotyping of roles, treat men and women in a __ manner.

parallel

When eliminating sexual stereotyping of roles, avoid language that reinforces __ images.

stereotyping

When eliminating sexual stereotyping of roles, avoid language that catches attention to the __ role of men and women.

sex

Eliminate sexism when addressing persons formally by using __ instead of Mrs. or Miss.

Ms.

Eliminate sexism when addressing persons formally by using a married woman's __ name instead of her husband's.

first

When describing a couple (man and woman), treat both partners as __.

equals

Mx. (pronounced as mɪks, MIKS, mʌks, MUKS, em-EKS) is an English language neologistic __ that does not indicate gender.

honorific

Use the corresponding __ for females.

titles

Use the title of the __ or group in letters to unknown persons

job

Disrespectful language can make people feel __ and can be a barrier to full participation.

excluded

__ is addressing people in a politically correct term and avoiding discriminatory terminologies to promote positive attitude.

Disability Etiquette

A respectful term for 'Handicapped' is __

Person with Disability

A respectful term for 'Mongoloid' is __

Person with down syndrome

A respectful term for 'Wheelchair bound' is __

Person on wheelchair

A respectful term for 'Dumb, Invalid' is __

Blind / Visually Impaired

A respectful term for 'Invalid, Deaf-and-Dumb, Deaf-Mute' is __

Deaf or Hard-of-hearing

A respectful term for 'Psycho, Crazy, Insane, Wacko, Nuts' is __

Person with a psychiatric disability

A respectful term for 'Hyper-sensitive' is __

Person with a mental health disability

A respectful term for 'Physically Challenged, 'Special,' Deformed, Cripple, Gimp, Spastic, Spaz Wheelchairbound, Lame' is __

Wheelchair user

A respectful term for 'Retard, Mentally retarded, / "Special ed"' is __

Cognitively / Developmentally disabled

A respectful term for 'Dwarf, Midget' is __

Little Person

A respectful term for 'Victim, Someone "stricken with" a disability' is __

Survivor, Someone "living with" a specific disability