Language and Women

'If a woman is swept off a ship into the water, the cry is "Man overboard!" If she is killed by a hit and run driver, the charge is manslaughter." If she is injured on the job, the coverage is "Workmen's compensation." But if she arrives at a threshold marked "Men only," she knows the admonition is not intended to bar animals or plants or inanimate objects. It is meant for her'; as quoted by Alma Graham. Language is the main source of power in our modern society, it shapes our thinking. …