Menism In English Language Essay

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FATHER NATURE? WOMANKIND? Mother nature and mankind are words that sound familiar to most of us. Are they leading cause to gender discrimination? Is the English language, coined by several integral identities the reason for which we face discriminatory actions on a daily basis? Hello again everyone, I’m back today to talk about one of the more serious matters our world faces. I’m sure the title above may have confused a lot of you… but that’s the thing…why is it that when we replace the words above with the alternate gender, the same words sound so alien? Fireman, policeman, salesman, mailman...I wonder what they were thinking. The English language is composed of over a million words, words which rhyme, 2-letter words, and words that are gender specific, such as those mentioned above. I felt like it would be important to bring up a fast growing movement, “menism”. In recent times, it has become a popular phrase used by men to assert their authority. The hard part I face is to try and understand the real reason for such a movement. Women, on a daily basis, despite it being the 21st century, are told they belong in the …show more content…

Keeping the English language as well as gender-specific discriminatory words in mind, I wanted to raise the issue of how strong language is because of words. The main idea was to convey my sense of disgust to learned individuals who believe that women are to be blamed for how they are treated in society, but to also convey a strong message to individuals who are unaware of how impactful words are. As this is an opinionated matter, my text type is a blog as I felt it is a common way writers are able to express themselves allowing for a vast variety of individuals to read and comment how they feel about the matter. The language used was kept simple and self-explanatory, and to some extent

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