For example racist language express racist attitudes.
Example of heterosexist language. Be careful when speaking not to use words or phrases that assume the sexual orientation of your audience members. So heres 10 more examples of everyday sexism in English. Sexist language reinforces social stereotypes or norms that intrinsically contain the idea that one gender is superior to the other.
Aced is an example of A. For example to give the audience an idea of what a winter day looked like you could note that the snow looked as solid as pearls To communicate sweltering heat you could say that the tar on the road looked like satin A simile most of us are familiar with is the notion of the United States being like a melting pot with regard to its diversity. Do not make the mistake of pointing to someone in your audience as an example and discussing that person with the assumption that she is heterosexual by saying something like Lets say this woman here is having trouble with her husband When thinking of examples.
Discrimination or prejudice against gay people on the assumption that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation. If you are straight these are unearned benefits you receive as a result of the sexuality you were born with. And c self-reports of sexual desires or fantasies during a specified time period.
Youre too pretty to be a lesbian Where is your husband maam Too bad hes gay Etc. Chair firefighter police officer. A self-labeling by respondents as gay male lesbian bisexual or heterosexual.
When selling a car people need to locate their title paperwork Another way to remove sexist language would be to revise pronouns to articles. These privileges are granted to you and many of them are things youve likely taken for. Heterosexist language is language that assumes the heterosexual orientation of a person or group of people.
For example When a person sells a car he or she needs to locate his or her title paperwork could be more smoothly done by revising to plural. Heterosexuality is considered the dominant form of sexuality in our society. Black physicist White woman doctor Chinese basketball player Etc.