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It has been claimed that language plays a key role in sustaining inequality between the sexes (Coates 1993). Do you agree?
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Language, Society and Power ELA020C013A Emma Lomas Assignment Two It has been claimed that language plays a key role in sustaining inequality between the sexes (Coates 1993). Do you agree? Inequality between the sexes is a very important issue in society and language plays an important role in sustaining the inequality. Language and identity are very personal topics and are well researched and debated. "Speech is an act of identity: when we speak, one of the things we do is identify ourselves as male or female." (Coates, 1986: 161) Inequality between the sexes in society can be seen in the fact that men still have the majority of highly paid jobs. Men are physically stronger but also have more power in terms of employment and politics for example. The male of the species in general still holds a higher position in society, although the situation for women has improved over the past twenty years and this is...
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