Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the world is, but because that is the way we believe it should be. It takes unwavering belief and considerable effort to keep this division. It also leads us to make some fairly foolish judgments, particularly about language.
Because we think that language also should be divided into masculine and feminine we have become very skilled at ignoring anything that will not fit our preconceptions. We would rather change what we hear than change our ideas about the gender division of the world. We will call assertive girls unfeminine, and supportive boys effeminate, and try to change them while still retaining our stereotypes of masculine and feminine talk.
This is why some research on sex differences and language has been so interesting. It is an illustration of how wrong we can be. Of the many investigators who set out to find the stereotyped sex diff
A. assertive.
B. snobbish.
C. approving.
D. critical.
Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the world is, but because that is the way we believe it should be. It takes unwavering belief and considerable effort to keep this division. It also leads us to make some fairly foolish judgments, particularly about language.
Because we think that language also should be divided into masculine and. feminine we have become very skilled at ignoring anything that will not fit our preconceptions. We would rather change what we hear than change our ideas about the gender division of the world. We will call assertive girls unfeminine, and supportive boys effeminate, and try to ehan4ge them while still retaining our stereotypes of masculine and feminine talk.
This is why some research on sex differences and language has been so interesting. It is an illustration of how wrong we can be. Of the many investigators who set out to find the stereotyped sex di
A. assertive
B. snobbish
C. approving
D. critical
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and no country, exits in isolation. All of us live simultaneously in our own
communities and in the world at large. The same icons, whether on a movie screen
or computer screen, are recognizable from Berlin to Bangalore. We are all
influenced by the same tides of political, social and technological change.
Pollution, organized crime and tile proliferation of deadly weapons likewise
show little regard for the niceties of borders; they are "problems without
passports". We are connected, wired, interdependent. Much of this is nothing new — human beings have interacted across the planet for centuries. But today’s "globalization" is different. It is happening more rapidly. And it is governed by different rules or, in some cases, by no rules at all. Globalization is bringing us new choices an A. each individual lives independently in the world B. different countries are all under the influence of the world development C. we each have problems in spite of our friendly relationship with each other D. people like to enjoy each other’s images on a movie screen or a computer screen 我来回答: 提交
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