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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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