Gender in Language and Gender in Employment

Women lag behind men in many domains. Feminist scholars have proposed that sex-based grammatical systems in languages reinforce traditional conceptions of gender roles, which in turn contribute to disadvantaging women. This article evaluates the empirical plausibility of this claim in the context of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mavisakalyan, Astghik
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7033