Sunday, August 22, 2010

Women, Know Your Limits!



This just struck me as a very good example of what Lakoff was talking about, when it came to language as a way of establishing spheres of power for men and women to inhabit, and Cameron's reference to Lakoff's double bind, where women either reinforced the image of women as incompetent, or risk social embarrassment, and a certain kind of stigma.

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