Gender Language Differences: Theory and Practice

Can one trace gender in the language or the language is gendered? The current paper analyses theoretical stance of feminist theorists - Helen Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva, Elaine Showalter and Dale Spender on the issue of Feminine writing. Various theories assess whethermen and women use language differently while creating texts. Robin Lakoff’s analysis of how these differences in language of genders look like, brings to light the fact that though they might speak the same languagedialect, but still the style differs. The paper studies the sexist bias inherent in the English language. Germaine Greer’s theory asserts that language is gendered. Finally, the use of a gender-neutral language is recommended.