Opinion Articles
Allow me to womansplain the problem with gendered language The Guardian This article writes about how words such as "girlboss" and "manspreading" have gone from making an important point to reinforcing the differences between men and women. The article includes comments from linguist Dale Spender and words that have been created and added to the dictionary such as the Swedish word "snippa" . Women Get Interrupted More—Even By Other Women The New Republic This article writes about recent research done by Adrienne Hancock, a researcher at the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at George Washington University, and Benjamin Rubin, a Master's student, which investigates conversation between 20 male and female volunteers and analyse their speaking patterns and interruptions. Text speak designed to keep parents in the dark: English language is changing so fast there are words majority do not understand The Daily Mail This article writes ab...