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Beschreibung
Mindmap von Hazel Meades, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Hazel Meades
vor etwa 10 Jahre
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Janet Holmes
- English metaphors include far more derogatory images surrounding women than men.
- Animal imagery
- bitch, old biddy, cow
- Birds are regarded as
feather-brained and flighty
- More positive chick and kitten
are sweet but helpless pets.
- Birds are regarded as
feather-brained and flighty
- Stud, wolf
- Male imagery implies at least
one positive component e.g:
sexual prowess.
- Male imagery implies at least
one positive component e.g:
sexual prowess.
- bitch, old biddy, cow
- Food imagery
- Sugar, sweetie, honey
- Crumpet, tart
- Terms that are originally neutral or
affectionate acquire negative connotations
as they increasingly refer only to women.
- Negative meanings focus on
women as sexual objects.
- Terms that are originally neutral or
affectionate acquire negative connotations
as they increasingly refer only to women.
- Little food imagery
appropriate for
refering to men.
- Sugar, sweetie, honey
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