In Language and Prejudice, Tamara Valentine defines linguistic sexism as "the use of words that arbitrarily assigns roles or characteristics to people on the basis of sex or gender." This page will help you research such words and information on this topic.
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Mankind. (n.d.). In The OED online. Retrieved from http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/113548
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- linguistic sexism
- sexism in language
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