A good proportion of the world’s 7 billion people uttering these male-based generics many times a day reinforces the message all across the world that men are the standard of the society and that women are substandard. And thus, women are consumed by the male category. This effectively makes the entire category of women invisible in language. And by just turning a few pages of a history book you will realize that the invisibility of a group makes it easier for the powerful to do what they want with the members of that group.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 06:01:52 +0000