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ERIC Number: EJ157632
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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A Teacher's Guide to Sexist Words
Matthews, Mary W.
Social Education, 41, 5, 389-97, May 77
Presents tables of sexist words (those which apply to one sex only) and words generally used for one particular sex. Teaching suggestions involve students in researching etymology and current uses of the words. Words include job titles (patrolman), words of disapproval (roughneck), and words derived from names (pollyanna). (AV)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Etymology, Language, Language Usage, Sex (Characteristics), Sex Stereotypes, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Word Lists
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