Language and sexuality Flashcards
(12 cards)
Define sexuality
persons thoughts, feelings and attractions related to sexual attraction and intimacy
What does hetro normative mean?
The belief that society is set up to benefit homosexuals and its the ‘normal’
Give 3 examples of sexuality
Polysexual
Bisexual
Asexual
For these people sexuality may be a big part of their identity due to being ‘abnormal’
What gender neutral pronouns did Sweden introduce?
The pronoun ‘Hen’ referring to non binary gender identities.
A debate about it began when book was released in 2012 using hen.
In. 2015 Hen was added to Swedish dictionary
Showing Sweden accepted they had a social change
Why did opponents criticise gender neutral pronouns?
Schleef said it was because the gender neutral pronouns were difficult to profess and they were distracting however there’s no experimental evidence this is true
What gender neutral pronouns did was introduced in Brighton in 2012. How did people react?
Local council suggested pronoun mixer should be used
Sunday express wrote about it and said ‘now the political correctness brigade want to stop calling us mr and mrs’
Daily telegram wrote ‘council proposes scrapping mr and mrs’ - more neutral
What connotations do Sir and miss have
Sir- powerful and authoritive
Miss, mrs- women defined by marrital status
Define lavender linguistics
A term used when researching and studying the language of LGBT speakers
What was Polari?
A coded form of language british gay men used in 1950s to publicly speak about their sexuality as it was a criminal act to be gay
What was Polari influenced by ?
Language of criminals due to gays communicating with them
1967- decriminalised to perform homosexual acts between over 21 in private
How did Michael Halliday define Polari ?
As an anti language (opposition to mainstream society) that’s used to describe how stigmatised cultures develop language
What lead to the decline in the use of Polari ?
Decriminalisation of homosexuality meaning there’s less need for an anti language however it may have still be used as although it’s not a criminal act it’s still stigmatised.
