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6. Housekeeping ….. and child rearing must be divided equally.
7. Toys help children develop "….. identification"
8. To help with the new baby, fathers must also be given ….. leave
from work.
9. Women are not frequently given upper-level …...
10. An action is discriminatory when people are treated unfairly
because of ….. , sex, or religion.
11. In anatomical ….., men and women are different, but they have
many of the same …...
12. Jobs must be available to both sexes on the …… of individual
ability.
3.Which sentences are gender-neutral? Why?
a. Everyone left the room, didn't they?
b. A child learns his reading and writing skills in the first form.
c. Nobody put themselves out of the way (Jane Austen).
d. Each had their favourite (Jane Austen).
e. Somebody left the room, didn't they?
f. God send every one their hearts desire ( W. Shakespeare).
4.Fill in the following tables using the words below:
Neutral Male-related Female-related
positive negative neutral positive negative neutral
A. Master, mistress, spinster, governor, lord, lady, governess, sir,
dame, bachelor, bachelor's degree, queen, king, mankind,
brotherhood, freshman, panpower, masterful; patronize,
forefather, statesmanship, fox, butterfly, chat, yell, screech,
shriek, chat, talk, talkative, gossip, discuss, laugh, giggle,
housewife, nymph, mayor, handsom, slender, slim, lean, model,
secretary, astronaut, librarian, craftsman, chairman,
spokesperson, chairperson, businessman, judge, policeman,
sweetie, charming, cute, baby;
B. Open the door for me, could you? (speaker's interest in the
addressee);
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