1. The Roots of Sexual Stereotyping
in classroom Language

2. Language
*A human system of communication that uses
arbitrary signals, such as voice, sounds,
gestures or written symbols-
*a collection of symbols governed by rules and
used to convey messages between individuals
*a tool of communication through which we
learn the culture values that are embedded
in it.
*symbols represent a communicator's thoughts
Examples:
Signs, gestures and words

3. We need to be aware of how the
language we use may affect others:
• By avoiding
• racist language
• stereotyping
• sexist language

4. Racist language
 The use of derogatory terms used to label people
outside of (the group)
 Language that denigrates a person because of race.
Examples:
• Color
• origin
Stereotyping
 Mistaken generalizations we make about others
Examples:
• Men are strong and do all the work.
• Men are the (backbone)
• Women cant do as good of a job as a man.
• Girls are not good at sports.
• Guys are messy and unclean.

5. A riddle to solve
• A young boy was riding in the car with his
father, together they got in horrific car
accident. The father died and the son was
rushed to the hospital for critical surgery.
• The boy was in the operation theatre when
the surgeon walked in, looked at the boy
and said “I can not operate on him he is
my son”
• How??????????????????????

6. Sexist Language
Language that favors
one sex over another, it
expresses bias in favor
of one sex and thus
treats the other sex in
discriminatory manner.

7. Why sexist language
• Culture:
• Thoughts& beliefs
• Behaviors &attitudes
 The behaviorist theory suggests:
• The emergence of language is the result of imitation and reinforcement.
 The nativist theory suggests:
• Language in an inherent human quality and that children are born with a language
acquisition device that allows them to produce language once they have learned the
necessary vocabulary.
 Why men???????????
• Boys are biologically, developmentally and psychologically
different from girls.

8. Sexism examples
• Sexism in words
• 1-In English language , there are many words ,which are clearly male_oriented in that
they contain the element (man) while they can in fact apply to both sexes.
• Chairman –newsman-policeman
• 2-Some English words, especially the name of some professions of common
gender ,they can applied to both sexes.
• Doctor_professoe|_engineer_lawyer_reporter
• Sexism in proverbs
• Women have got long hair and short sense
• A woman has even cheated the devil.

9. Why to avoid sexist language
• Sexist language encourages
discrimination and can discourage people
from pursuing their dreams.
• It affects women's self_esteem, overall
educational levels ,careers choices ,and
ultimately income.
• It also offends people when they find
themselves excluded.

10. Conclusion
The way to change social inequality is to
treat people equally and to put into place
practices that treat them equally.
Once that is done ,we will naturally use
non_sexist language.

11. How to avoid sexist language
• Don’t assume that a particular job is filled
by a particular type of person.
• Avoid gender pronouns
(like he and she, his and her)
• Avoid terms like (man) when you mean to
include women as well.