避免代词使用中的性别歧视

• 作 者: 何琮周
• 出 处: 英语自学
• 发表日期: 1997年04期
• 关键词: 性别歧视 breaks 语法学家 被动态 gender 性别偏见 never moves 可接受性 ambiguity

英语中不少用法的根源可以追溯到中世纪的欧洲,其中之一便是把阳性代词(masculine pronoun)用于通性(common gender),泛指男性和女性。例如:If a person breaks the law.he will be punished.

The roots of many uses in English can be traced back to Europe in the Middle Ages. One of them is to use the masculine pronoun for common gender, which refers to both men and women. For example: If a person breaks the law.he will be punished.