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Disrespectful Female: The Problem with Calling Women Females

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dc.contributor.advisorCraig, Richard
dc.contributor.authorLear, Jordan
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-28T19:59:39Z
dc.date.available2024-03-28T19:59:39Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractThe work done in this paper seeks to critically look at the usage of the word “female” as a replacement word for “woman” in a way that points out the inherent disrespect that is ingrained into the usage of that word. Utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis influenced by feminist theory, queer theory, and critical race theory frameworks, I hope to better understand how and why the word “female” has come to denote such disrespect while doing so in a more covert fashion than typical insults tend to do.
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1920/13558
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.13021/MARS/2034
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2023 Jordan Lear
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectFemale as disrespect
dc.subjectMisogyny in using female
dc.subjectFeminism
dc.subjectDisrespect and misogyny
dc.subjectPower in words
dc.titleDisrespectful Female: The Problem with Calling Women Females
dc.typeThesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Communication

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