Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Week 13, Discussion 2
The people on Flickr seem to be concerned with the way that language can be sexist. I don’t really see a problem with this because in the end calling someone girl when they clearly are a woman should not be seen as offensive. In my eyes, this is not sexist, it is just language. However, I guess it just depends on the person. The book talks about how genders can look at certain words and phrases differently than those of the opposite sex do. Certain words that are used can be seen as women self-doubting themselves when really they aren’t. All in all, it is just language and it can be taken many ways.
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On Flickr, I agree that there is no problem tagging someone in a picture as girl when they are actually female. It is not like Flickr is intentionally attacking and being prejudiced towards women by using the tag name for females as "girl". I also agree that this is merely language, and it can only be taken seriously if the intentions were meant to inflict harm against a certain group of people. Of course, it really depends on how people look at the situation and how he or she may become offended. I suppose women are more sensitive towards diction than men.
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ReplyDeleteFor me I think using sexist language is offensive because to me it’s like respect. It’s not just someone calling you a girl because I don’t mind if people do call me that it’s just some words I would feel disrespected for example the word “beezy” which some guys use every time they talk to or about a girl. If I don’t know the person I would feel even more disrespected because I don’t even know the person and he’s already calling me names. But I guess that is just how I see it. Some words I feel that I would be offended if it were used towards me because when you first talk to a person the way you talk to them shows if they would respect you or not.