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PAGE  PAGE 3 二号Times New Roman加粗，居中，上下各空一行 Anti-Male Bias in English and Chinese 一级标题四号Times New Roman，加粗；居左 1. Introduction For decades, linguists have been studying the problem of linguistic sexism. Much effort has been put on anti-female language usage while little on anti-male bias in language. 英文论文中出现的汉字用宋体5号字 The end of the 1980s witnessed the birth of a new theory to the study of linguistic sexism, the is, the approach from men’s study, which holds that both the male and female can be preys of linguistic sexism(杨永林， 2004：36). However, this newly emerging force is not powerful enough to place influence on the solid foundation of traditional approaches to the study of linguistic sexism, not to mention change average people’s concepts about linguistic sexism. Generally, people assume that only females are discriminated against in language. Therefore, this paper employs the approach from men’s study to discuss the problem of anti-male bias in language and attempts to compare the similarities of anti-male language usage in English and Chinese. Through comparison, people’s misconception of linguistic sexism can be redressed. Meanwhile, attention can be drawn to anti-male bias in English and Chinese. Furthermore, similarities between English culture and Chinese culture can be revealed so as to foster understanding between these two cultures. Primarily employing the techniques of classification, exemplification, and comparison, the author of this article is going to divide the whole dissertation into four chapters. Chapter one is a general introduction. Chapter two is a literature review, which introduces the studies of linguistic sexism, misconception of linguistic sexism and different theories to the study of linguistic sexism. And chapter three, which is the most important part, compares the similarities of anti-male bias in English and Chinese from three aspects, which are gender-exclusive language, gender-restrictive language, and masculinization of evil