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Contrastive Analysis of Female Language Sexism between China and UK What 背景 Sapir-worf 理论、中英女性歧视现象久远、明显。对比，中西方国度在女性语言歧视上的相似性，探究背后社会历史、文化风俗、女性心理原因，综合分析，加上两国语言上的调整改革，加深对此认识，为提高妇女社会地位和自身价值做贡献。S 语言上，男无标记 女有 1）构词：C 女字旁的字多带贬义 历史慈溪太后称皇爸爸、叔 E morphological\ ess\附属 2) 称谓+代词 S 女儿随父亲姓、结婚随丈夫姓 （李夫人、香港张陈乐君、希拉里 Mrs Smith） 女…… E Mr、Mrs\Miss 有标识知道结婚木有 He 代指男女全部 或不知性别时通用 3）词序 S 先男后女 4）语义：动物—女性 贬义\ 同一词（动物、…）男褒义 女贬义 5）传统谚语 S C E Why 1）社会分工 S（男主外 winner of bread\女主内 建设社会 大工程、重工业 男士主宰 女性家内活 养孩持家、无能力赚钱 依靠隶属丈夫） C: 母系—父系社会 农耕社会-男耕女织 男人力量大、劳动力强、干农活、女人做饭纺织洗衣生育 长期重男轻女 政治上 男人主宰 管理 女人无权过问 附属受压迫 社会地位低 溺女婴、裹脚残害女性 E：平等旗帜下其实男女不平等、战争、英国开拓疆土、殖民 将军 男性一手操控 职业上 排斥女性 只限于家教、护士、秘书 How S 两国妇女维权运动激烈 反对语言性别歧视 均采取相关有效 措施 C 政府出台相关政策 就业时获得更多平等权利和保障切身利益 与男子同工同酬 在经济上提高妇女地位 E 60-70年代女权运动 语言上改动：中性词person，businesswomen\his,he 改he\she指示标明 Conclusion: Attitude determines everything. 语言与思维、本研究的意义：增强妇女自尊自强的身份认识、改善妇女语言歧视现状和发展趋势。 Contrastive Analysis of Language Sexism between Chinese and English Key words: Female Language Sexism; Chinese and English; causes; measures and reforms 1. Introduction Languages, though varying among nations and regions, can all regarded as mirrors that reflect natives’ ideology towards society, history and cultures. Based on Sapir-Whorf’s hypothesis, languages are more than simply social products. They can shape individual thinking and influence mental constructions. In other words, the way people conceive and evaluate surroundings are, more or less, affected by languages they speak. When comparing Chinese with English, evidently, there exists language sexism. Sexism, according to Oxford Dictionary (1948), means “the unfair treatment of people, especially women, because of their sex; the attitude that causes this.” Actually, such unpleasant attitude has long been marking in both Chinese and English. This paper aims to reveal linguistic features of language sexism in both languages and synthesize hierarchic causes,