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Language Spotting
This podcast series includes an analysis of case studies of controversial potentially gender-biased language usage in media, and also consider the economical, ethical and societal implications of it
Gender Discrimination in Job Posting
Much like the controversial "wage gap" issue, gender discrimination in job recruiting has been also been an issue worldwide. Though such practice has been banned in the countries such as The United States, this issue still persists in other countries. The usage of this gender-discriminatory language may vary from country to country, yet both the intentional and unintentional gendered-wording of the job recruitments online has an effect on individuals populations. The usage of gendered language in job advertisements will unfairly deter opportunities of other genders in favor of a specific gender.
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Gender-Based "Dog Whistling" in media
The term "Dog-Whistle" is a subtle message often used in politics as an attempt to target an individual's identity. Oftentimes this message will only be actually understood by a certain group of members, this is done as means of avoiding any confrontations with the actual targetted group. However, in recent years, this phenomenon has become more and more common, targeting portions of populations for their identity -- including gender. This section will analyze the usage of this gender-biased dog-whistling in media as well as its effects.
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Grammatical Gender in World Languages
Grammatical gender exists and varies in languages differing from English. Primarily these are often categorized into two separate categories -- "genderless“ and ”gendered" languages. As the name suggests, the "genderless" language refers to language without the usage of any grammatical gender embedded in the language - such as Chinese, English, or Armenian. The "gendered" language makes use of gender-related structures in its grammar, to which this section will explore the nature of these languages as well as analyze the possible impacts on society.
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Sexist Hate-Speech Online
Grammatical gender exists and varies in languages differing from English. Primarily these are often categorized into two separate categories -- "genderless“ and ”gendered" languages. As the name suggests, the "genderless" language refers to language without the usage of any grammatical gender embedded in the language - such as Chinese, English, or Armenian. The "gendered" language makes use of gender-related structures in its grammar, to which this section will explore the nature of these languages as well as analyze the possible impacts on society.