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Gender and Language 　　中图分类号：H0 　　文献标识码：B 　　文章编号：1007-7316-（2014）01- 　　Language reflects its speakers’ customs and thoughts. When one pays attention to gender problems in language， one easily finds sexism in language. This sexism is based on the ways women are spoken of and the ways women are supposed to speak. Language reflects the marginality and powerlessness of women and this phenomenon is pancultural. The lack of the female imaginary occurs in many different languages， including English and Chinese. Monique Witting， who is a French feminist theorist， argues that after eliminating t