Sexism in Language: Thief of Honor, Shaper of Lies Movie Review 1995

Analyzes gender bias in everyday language: "female" words dependent on a "male" word; words that are more positive for men than women; words for women that have negative connotations; and "neutral" words that are inferior when applied to women.

Distribution

University of California Extension Ctr. for Media & Independent Learning, 2000 Center St., 4th Fl., Berkeley, CA 94704, Phone: (510)642-0460, Fax: (510)643-9271, Email: mediaservices@ucxonline.berkeley.edu

Available on VHS
Running time 29 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Language Arts, Education, Documentary Films