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stephzh

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What is a major problem with masculine generic terms?
 
  a. They are not really gender neutral.
  b. They encourage people to think of men as secondary.
  c. These terms are longer and more awkward to use in both speaking and writing.
  d. They tend to downgrade men, relative to women.

Question 2

Terms used for women and men differ in which of the following respect(s)?
 
  a. The two kinds of terms are often not parallel because the male term may be prefaced by the word man or the word male.
  b. The male member of a pair of items is typically more negative than the female member.
  c. Terms for women are more likely to be negative, compared to terms for men.
  d. Terms for women are more general and inclusive, compared to terms for men.


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Bigfoot1984

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C


stephzh

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
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