Language + Gender revision: wider reading article summaries
Language + Gender revision: wider reading article summaries "Speak up, I can't hear you" Mentions Deborah Cameron's theory that men and women speak differently, and there's a mention of her book about "The myth of Venus and Mars". The overall summary of this article is exploring Cameron's ideas about the difference in male and female language, and why people believe we speak differently. There's also a contradiction that men have more dominant language and speak with more authority than women do, which puts women down and makes them seem less superior just based on their language and vocabulary choices. There's no in the middle, neutral language. The article's writer looks into Cameron's theory which divides men and women into two separate binary groups. Now in 2019 people class themselves as transgender and may feel that they are not included in the debate. The theory of Deborah Cameron may be seen as outdated because of th...