<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Discussion on sexism regarding language focuses on how women are discriminated against in our daily language and in academic writing. Although we are against any kind of discrimination, when it comes to dealing with this phenomenon in language and language use, we should be more careful. Language is not only a symbolic means whereby humans interact, it is also a product of human intellectual activity imbued with various experiences of our past and recent ancestors. Thus, it is also a reflection of our society’s conceptual system through which we interpret physical and mental phenomena. In this paper, we have analyzed views regarding sexism and language; tried to display how improving the so-called injustices in language would result in some dire situations which may have never been foreseen. We finally put forth our own solutions to overcome the problems of sexism in academic writing.</p></abstract>

Discussion on sexism regarding language focuses on how women are discriminated against in our daily language and in academic writing. Although we are against any kind of discrimination, when it comes to dealing with this phenomenon in language and language use, we should be more careful. Language is not only a symbolic means whereby humans interact, it is also a product of human intellectual activity imbued with various experiences of our past and recent ancestors. Thus, it is also a reflection of our society’s conceptual system through which we interpret physical and mental phenomena. In this paper, we have analyzed views regarding sexism and language; tried to display how improving the so-called injustices in language would result in some dire situations which may have never been foreseen. We finally put forth our own solutions to overcome the problems of sexism in academic writing.

Sustainability in English Academic Writing: The Binary Dilemma on Pronoun Utilization

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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Discussion on sexism regarding language focuses on how women are discriminated against in our daily language and in academic writing. Although we are against...

Sustainability in English Academic Writing: The Binary Dilemma on Pronoun Utilization

Published Online: Jan 11, 2019

Page range: 40 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2018-0013

Keywords
sustainability, sexism, academic writing, truth, gender, language use

© 2019 Erdogan Bada, Bilal Genc, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Sustainability in English Academic Writing: The Binary Dilemma on Pronoun Utilization

Published Online: Jan 11, 2019

Page range: 40 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2018-0013

Keywordssustainability, sexism, academic writing, truth, gender, language use

© 2019 Erdogan Bada, Bilal Genc, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
sustainability, sexism, academic writing, truth, gender, language use