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1、SexisminEnglishProverbs1.0IntroductionLanguageisasocialphenomenon,anditisdirectlyboundupwiththesociallife.Languageisusedinaspecificsocialgroupanditisnotonlythecarrieroftheideologicalcontent,butamirrorofsociallife.Itresponsessomeofpeople’straditionalthoughts,suchasse
2、xism.SexisminEnglishproverbsdoesnotonlyexistinChinabutalsoinothercountries.Forexample,thereisaproverbthatlonghairandshortwit.Itmeansmostofwomenarefoolish.Therefore,howdoesEnglishlanguagereflectthesocialphenomenon?Asweallknow,EnglishisthemostmasculinelanguageandEngli
3、shisaman-centeredlanguage.SowecanseesexisminEnglisheverywhere.Forexample,thisword“man”canrepresenthumanbeings.Inaddition,fatherandmother,husbandandwife,menandwomen,princeandprincess,brothersandsistersandsoon,likethiskindofwordusedtogether.Allinall,themaleisinthefirs
4、tplace.Howerver,thisthesiswilllayemphasisonthesexisminEnglishproverbs,firstthisthesiswillresolvewhatsexismis,thenitanalyzesthecausesofthesexisminenglishproverbs.ThirditwillanalyzethephenomenonofsexisminEnglishproverbsandthedevelopmenttradeofsexisminEnglishproverbs.2
5、.0AnIntroductiontoSexisminEnglishProverbsSexism,intheOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-Chinesedictionary,itmeansthatdisapprovingactionbasedontheideasorbeliefthatthemembersofonearelessintelligent,able,andskillful,etc,thanthemembersoftheother,especiallythatwomenarelessab
6、lethanmenandthoseparticularjobsandactionsaresuitableforwomenandothersaresuitableformen.Sexismisprejudiceordiscriminationagainstpeoplebecauseoftheirsex.Butinthissociety,sexismistowardwomenbecauseofvariousreasons,suchassociety,economy,politicsandsoon.Second,let’sempha
7、sisonSexisminEnglishProverbs.Frommypointofview,proverbsarethistypeoflanguagewhichareasourceofstereotyping:proverbsdepictwomenaspassivewords,suchasjealous,chatterboxes,weak,stupid,slut,concernedwith-15-physicalbeauty.“Thereisnowadaysrecognitionthatlanguage,ascode,ref
8、lectsculturalpreoccupationsandconstrainsthewaypeoplethink”.Englishproverbs,asaspecialpartoflanguage,theycanmoreorlessembodypeople’sviewsan
