tailieunhanh - The complete idiot guide part 34

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the complete idiot guide part 34', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter 21 Don t Go There Words and Expressions to Avoid 313 On Thin Ice Let s look at each of these problems in detail. Sexist Language Lies More than half of all Americans are of the female persuasion. If you write he and him you re ignoring half the people in the country. If you talk about a doctor as he you re giving the cold shoulder to female medical doctors more than one-third of all physicians graduating today. In a similar way don t refer to an unknown nurse as she because there are some excellent nurses of the male persuasion. So what do we say to sexist language Liar liar pants on fire. Sexist Language Annoys and Alienates Readers According to the latest edition of the World Almanac we ve come a long way baby. Here s proof Of the 103 million women age 16 and over in America 61 million are working. Women accounted for 59 percent of labor-force growth between 1985 and 1995. Women have made substantial progress in obtaining jobs in virtually all managerial and professional specialty occupations. Of the approximately 69 million families in the United States 12 million 18 percent are maintained by women. In black families it s 46 percent in Hispanic families 24 percent. Because more than half the women in the United States are in the workforce women are an economic and political power that can t be ignored. Modern women get angry at writers and speakers who stereotype and patronize them with sexist language. Ditto for stay-at-home fathers and men in nontraditional jobs. Sexist Language Causes Legal Problems The law is increasingly intolerant of biased documents and hostile work environments. Because federal law forbids discrimination on the basis of gender people writing policy statements grant proposals or any other official documents must be very careful not to use any language that could be considered discriminatory. Otherwise they re just looking for a lawsuit. 314 Part 5 Style All the Write Stuff__ .