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The impact is the endless devaluation of women until they are symbolically
annihilated
Kleinman 02
Kleinman 2 Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina - (Sherryl, Why Sexist Language Matters,
Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer 2002,
http://uncadvocatesformdphdwomeninscience.web.unc.edu/files/2014/03/Kleinman_QualitativeSociology_2002.p
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We know from history that making a group invisible makes it easier for the powerful to do what
they want with members of that group. Perhaps thats why linguists use
the strong language of symbolic
annihilation to refer to the
disappearance of women into
male-based terms . And we know, from too many past and current
mens sexual
can see a link between callingwomen sluts and whores and
Their use of the f word is an independent reason to vote neg using this term
naturalizes the gendered system. This crushes aff solvency.
Schwyzer, 09 Hugo Schqyzer, community college history and gender studies professor, Berkley
and#34;Penetrateand#34; v. and#34;Engulfand#34; and the multiple meanings of the and#34;fand#34; word: a
note on feminist language, 4 November 2009, http://hugoschwyzer.net/2009/11/04/penetrate-v-engulf-and-the-
multiple-meanings-of-the-f-word-a-note-on-feminist-language/
normal human experiences; we will get angry and we will be sexual (or want to be) over and over
But we have a
again over the course of our lives.
Words matter , I tell my students. Were told over and over again that a picture is
we forget that words have
worth a thousand words but