Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Gender Sensitive Language (Assignment 1)

1) Fireman.

2) Groomsman.

3)Pacman.

4)Boss man.

5)Journeyman.

6)Foreman.

7)Crewman.

8)Bogeyman.

9)Water boy.

10)Towel boy.

11)Businessman.

12)Handyman.

13)Cameraman.

14)Garbageman.

15)Pit man.

16)Anchorman.

17)Salesman.

18)Medicine man.

19)Spaceman.

20)Doorman.



My Views:

I don't really mind how so many of these words refer to "man" about the positions listed above and many other words referring to man and the position but i can see how many women will get offended by how these positions are named, etc. Most positions that women have don't have "man" or "men" in them but would probably prefer work women or something like that and it would be less of a pain to women so they don't have to sue someone for being called a salesman or something like that for "inequality" or "sexism"

Monday, February 9, 2009

Culture And Communication

Well this morning in class (Communication Studies 20) we did sign language pretending we were in Brazil. Well it was frustrating and kinda funny at the same time. Why frustrating? cause we had to keep trying and stuff to get a message across to our teacher and it was the first class of the day so i was pretty much being lazy. Why funny? because we were saying stuff and doing things that were funny about being in brazil but it was alright and fun if you make something funny out of it.