Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!cdanderson From: cdanderson@watarts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: re: the power of words Message-ID: <2113@watarts.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 03:29:08 EST Article-I.D.: watarts.2113 Posted: Thu Feb 23 03:29:08 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 00:22:42 EST References: phs.2193 Lines: 23 I am currently enrolled in a course in Communications Theory. As the professor is an unabashed sexist w.r.t. language and the other members of the class are going along with it, I thought I had better use my opportunity to present a seminar to address the problems of misogynous language structures. What I hope to do is to show how the use of HE etc. for One affects our wayof thinking and isolates females, and with the other problems extant, why a non-sexist language is developing . Another problem I wish to deal with is that of the paucity of terms coming from a woman's sense of the world. As the Prof. put it, if a word does not existeither does the concept. What concepts are emerging from the rise of Feminism? If you know of material dealing with Feminism and Language or attempts to develop genderless language structures, please forward the information to me. It would be very much appreciated! Cameron Anderson watarts!cdanderson or C/O Integrated Studies University of Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 or (519) 885-1211 X-2345