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1、ChapterⅠIntroductionFromthepointofcross-culturalcommunication,everynationhashisownhabitsandcustoms,wayofthinking,languagepsychology,behaviorcriterion,valueconceptandculturaltradition.EnglishandChinesecultureareextremelyrich,sotheirtotalculturalequivalenceisrare.Butonmen-womenre
2、lationdiscriminationtothefemaleandtheunequalstatusbetweenmenandwomenarethesame.Thousandsofyears,mencontrolthehegemonyandtheyarealwayslawmakers,thenarrators.Incomparison,womenareonlyforcedtoobey.ThereisafamoussayingbyHeidegger:“thelanguageisthehomeofexistence.”Butthis“home”isano
3、ldhouse,whichitsbricks,flowersandwoodsarefilledwithancestors’ghost.Allthewordsbelongstotheformerdynasties’opinions.Now,womenwanttoprotesttothediscriminatedfate,buttheyaretongue-tied.Lakoffsaidifwomenwanttochangetheirimage,theyshouldstartfromlanguage,becauseyouarewhatyousay.It’s
4、helplessthatwomenhavenochoicebutusethebrickswhichareengravedbymenhegemonytobuildtheirfortress.Genderdiscriminationisanancienthistoricaltopic.Peoplewhoseekfairnessandjusticeeverhaveextremelyunfairconceptandconsciousness.Thismakeswomenareintheoppressedstatusinafairlylongperiod.Th
5、iskindofresidualthoughtsarestillexistedintodaylanguageandculture.8Asamirrorofthesociety,languagenotonlyreflectssocialvalueconcept,butalsopromotestheformingofsocialideology.Acloselookatthephenomenonofsexismmustbetaken.ThearticlediscussesthedifferentculturalphenomenonandcomparesE
6、nglishculturewithChineseculturefromconcept,salutation,words,history,religionandthestrategytogetoverthesexism.Thisdissertationincludesthefollowingsixaspects.8ChapterIILinguisticsexismwidelyexistsinEnglishandChineseAsweallknow,everyproblemhasitsowncauseandbackground.Genderdiscrim
7、inationhasconnectionwithclassiccultureandcustom.Nowlet’sanalyzesexismexistedintwoclassicculture.2.1BackgroundofsexismFrommatriarchalsocietytopatriarchal,thestatusofmaleandfemale’sroleschangeintheredistribution.“malemastersoutsideandfemaleinside.”Subsequentlywomenlosetheirleadin
8、groles.Meninthesociety,polity,economyandcultureabsolut