Does Sexist Language Reflect Personal Characteristics?.

McMinn, Mark R.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ422214

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Does Sexist Language Reflect Personal Characteristics?

McMinn, Mark R.; And Others

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v23 n7-8 p389-96 Oct 1990

Essay questions, interviews, and personality inventories of 35 male and female college students revealed that the avoidance of sexist language was linked to less traditional sex role views and a lesser adherence to fundamentalist Christian beliefs. (DM)

Descriptors: Androgyny, Assertiveness, Christianity, College Students, Essay Tests, Interviews, Oral Language, Sexism in Language, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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