Someone may join the Marines to serve our country but then
realize that the leadership training or her
is what will change his life forever. ^
L-9c Editing Out Sexist Language
EXERCISE 1 / Editing Out Sexist Language. Edit the following
sentences to eliminate any
SEXIST LANGUAGE. Write not sexist after any sentence that
contains appropriate sex or gender
references. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the
back of the book.
EXAMPLE
1. In general, a nurse values her role in the healing
process.
2. Seeing someone regain his smile again after a few days in the
hospital satisfies a nurse’s
need for positive feedback.
3. A policeman’s job often consists of long stretches of tedium
interrupted by brief periods of
high stress.
4. Health-care workers today explain to a person who tests
positive for HIV that he has a much
better chance for long-term survival than an HIV-positive person
did in the 1980s.
5. Many news reports saw the first responders on 9/11 as a
brotherhood of rescue workers.
6. Before applying to the Air Force Academy, a student should
ask himself if he is prepared
mentally and physically to meet the demands of the school and of
service to his country.
7. Esther Duflo, a French economist currently teaching at MIT,
won the 2002 Elaine Bennett
Research Prize, which is awarded by the American Economic
Association to a woman
economist under the age of forty.
8. Jared Flood is a male knitter and knitwear designer who
writes the blog Brooklyn Tweed.
9. Psychologists claim that at times a baby studies his parents’
mouths to learn how to make a
sound that is new to him.
10. As you are doing in this exercise, a feminist tries to
eliminate sexist terms from her speaking
and writing.
Name: _____________________________________________________
Class/section: ________________________________
