QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1.Why do you think Goodman begins her essay by claiming that she once thought that men and women were basically the same? Does this strategy give her any advantage?

2.Consider the sequence of examples in paragraphs 5-7. Why does Goodman site her own father last?

3.What exaggerations suggest that we shouldn’t take this essay literally?

4.According to Goodman, what is the difference between the male and female brain?

5.Has Goodman succeeded in calling humorous attention to a basic difference between men and women, or is she simply exploiting a questionable stereotype?

GENDER AWARENESS AND VOCABULARY

A number of vocabulary changes are being introduced as a result of the feminist movement and heightened awareness of the sexist nature of some English vocabulary. Work with the following exercises.

Exercise 1.

A modern editor would probably alter these sentences. Replace “male” words with a generic meaning by neutral items.

1. Three firemen helped put out a fire at a disused warehouse last night.
2.A spokesman for the Department of Education provided us with a statement.
3.Cleaning lady wanted for house in Priory Street.
4.The switchboard is continuously manned even during holiday periods.
5.All our airhostesses are fluent in at least three languages.
6.Miss Jones is in charge of the Manpower Department of the company.
7.Policemen today spend more time in cars than on the beat.
8.Brenda’s husband is a male nurse.
9.It took a great many man-hours to clean up the stadium after the concert.
10.This was a great step for mankind.
11.The man in the street has little time for such issues.
12.They manhandled the hostage into the van.

Exercise 2.

.Make examples of your own using the given words in proper collocations.

Words	Meaning/comment	Example
male, female	used for gender classification in biology
masculine, feminine	having qualities felt to be typically male or female
manly, womanly	having positive qualities felt to be typically male or female
virile	manly (mature, grown-up)
effeminate	resembling a woman (used of men, negative)
mannish	resembling a man (used of women, negative)
a tomboy	a young girl who behaves and dresses like a boy
a sissy	a boy who behaves like a girl, or a weak and cowardly person (informal, negative)
butch	used of men and women, aggressively masculine in looks and behavior (informal)

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