From: okushi@aegis.or.jp (Keiko Okushi)
Newsgroups: soc.women
Subject: help
Date: 31 Jul 92 07:30:12 GMT
Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan

This is a research for the master thesis in Sociolinguistics.
Please write down you sex, age, and ethnic background etc.
No personal information will be revealed.

Sex:            Age:
Marriage:            Ethnic background:

1. Do you realize the existence of sexist language in English?
   If Yes, do you agree or disagree to it?
2. What do you call a person who delivers newspaper?
3. What do you call a woman representative?
   1. spokeswoman  2. spokesperson  3. spokesman
4. What do you call a woman employed to extinguish or prevent 
   fires?
   1. fireman  2. fireperson  3. firewoman  4. fire fighter
5. What do you call a woman who sells?
   1. saleswoman  3. salesperson  3. salesman
6. What do you call a woman who operates a camera, especially a 
   motion-picture camera?
7. How do you address a female president of the U.S. in contrast
   with Mr. President?
8. Line the four words to refer to a woman who presides over 
   meeting in order of ledss sexist to most sexist.
   1. chairwoman, 2. Chair, 3. chairperson, 4. chairman
9. Do you see or hear occupations with '--- woman' often in the
   papers, magazines, or on TV?  If so, do they refer to women 
   or to people in general?
10. Do you see or hear occupations with '--- person' often in 
   the papers, magazines, or on TV?  If so, which sex do you 
   often think the '--- person' refers to?
11. What age groups do you call boys and girls?
   BOYS:  from   years old to    years old
   GIRLS: from   years old to    years old
12. Do you hear/see or use a suffix -ess to feter to a woman?  If
   you use each of the words below, mark A.  If you hear/see it
   but not use it, mark B.  If you do not hear/see it, mark C.
   POTESS(A, B, C)  MAYORESS(A, B, C)  STEWARDESS(A, B, C)
13. Do you see any difference in ability or in connotaion 
   between the words in each pair of the following desides the 
   sexual difference?  If so, write it down.
   
   MASTER/MISTRESS
   SIR/MADAM
   HOST/HOSTESS
   GOVERNOR/GOVERNESS
   ACTOR/ACTRESS
   
14. What kind of WOMAN do you call a tramp?
15. What kind of MEN do you call a tramp?
16. Is there any difference between 'a woman' and 'a lady'?
17. What does 'feminie logic' mean?
18. Do you have any particular words and terms (for men and 
   women) you think 'socially' degrading and therefore which you
   would not use?  If so, write them down.
19. Wrute down pronouns or verbs in the brackets you think 
   proper and complete the following sentences.
   
   Who dropped (   ) ticket?
   Each must do (   ) own way.
   Every teacher did all what (   ) own.
   Everybody [have] a way of (   ) could.
   [Do] anybody want (   ) coffee black?
   Each of the members [have] an opinion of (   ) own.

20. Who do you think 'man' and 'woman' in the following 
   sentences refer to, male female, or people?

   'Man' is mortal.
   'Man' made language.
   Bear it like a 'man'.
   Here comes a 'man' of good birth.
   'Men' must provide for their family.
   The child is the father of the 'man'.  (Worthworth)
   'Men' usually wear a tie to  their work.
   He met a few 'men' outside the restaurant.
   He met a few 'women' outside the restaurant.
   This person seems to be a 'man' of strong will.

21. Do the following sentences sound awkward?  If so, correct 
   them.
   
   He is married to Meg.
   She is a man of sense.
   She first become a Congressman in 1980.
   Man, being a mammal, breastfeeds his young.
   Either Mary or John should bring a schedule with her.
   When I came up, everybody was laughing at me, but I was glad
     to see him just the same.
   Everyone in the class worried about the midyear history 
     exam., but he all passed.

22. Please writh down if you have any opinion on disparity in 
   sords between men and women.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.  Please send your 
answeres to my bitnet address below.    

--
Keiko Okushi  
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