PERPETUATING GENDER STEREOTYPES THROUGH LANGUAGE
PERPETUATING GENDER STEREOTYPES THROUGH LANGUAGE

Summary/Abstract: One of the many famous aphorisms that have been plucked out of Wittgensteinřs Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is ŖThe limits of my language are the limits of my worldŗ. Language and discourse play a crucial part in understanding our gendered selves; we construct the reality around us through language. The present paper aims to point out how language perpetuates gender stereotypes, stereotypes that are not only descriptive, but also prescriptive, telling us how we should behave, how we should talk etc.

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