How to avoid gender discrimination in English writing? ( 1)

In the past forty years, although non-sexist language has not reached the necessary level, it has entered the mainstream of daily conversation and writing. Open a British and American newspaper casually, or look at various advertisements, and you will find that the supervisor has replaced the foreman and the remuneration has become the remuneration. Sales representative, sales assistant or salesperson replaced the words of ordinary salesman.

To this end, the author arranges the relevant materials as follows for English learners' reference. Please note that, unless otherwise specified, the selected examples are all selected from Rosalie Maggio's Dictionary of Sexless Usage (Maggio, 1989).

1. Try not to use the general pronoun he, and try to avoid using it except when explicitly referring to male figures. You can choose the following options according to the needs of the context:

1) Take the plural form sex: Never leave a baby unattended when taking a bath. Revision: Never leave a baby unattended when taking a bath.

2) rewrite the original sentence with we/us/our: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. Revision: From each according to his ability to distribution according to needs.

3) Using the second person, sexism: No one knew his true character until he ran out of gas, bought something on the installation plan and raised a teenager.

You don't know what your real personality is until you run out of gas and buy something online! Installation plan and put forward a teenager. Only when the car runs out of gas, paying for shopping and raising children alone will a person's original character be revealed.

4) Use passive voice: When he has two evils to choose from, he chooses both. A person, when given two evil choices, will choose both.

5) Omitting pronoun sexism completely: What does a person think of when he becomes a department? Revision: What does a person think after he becomes a leaver? How do you feel when you leave alone?

6) Substituting articles for sex: Can a critic give his opinion on omelets without being asked to make them?

Can the critic give an opinion on …?

Critics say fried eggs, do you have to fry them yourself?

7) take advantage of someone, one by one, and no one can replace sex: people who can accept suggestions are sometimes superior to those who can give them. People who can accept suggestions are sometimes better than those who can give them. People who accept advice are sometimes better than those who give it.

8) Use him and her or his and her, but don't use it too many times. S/he can only be used in memos, notes or informal conversations.

9) Substitution: To find a friend, you must close one eye; You must close your eyes to keep him. To find a friend, you must close one eye-keep one friend, two. You have to turn a blind eye; If you want to keep your friends, you must close your eyes.