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Male

Female

Both

Neither

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Using your first instinct and without overthinking, write each word in the column that seems most appropriate.

fashion, football, breadwinner, pilot, strength, flower, ambitious, perseverance, compassionate, bossy, helpless, thoughtful, soft, dangerous, perpetrator, victim, attractive, opinionated, hostile, emotional

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Word

Male

Female

Both

Neither

fashion football breadwinner pilot

strength

flower

ambitious

perseverance compassionatebossy

helpless

thoughtful

soft

dangerous perpetrator victim attractive opinionated hostile emotional

0

16

4

12

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

1

1

1

0

6

0

0

0

0

15

1

0

6

10

1

6

6

0

0

6

3

4

1

10

14

5

10

7

14

3

15

15

6

7

6

12

7

6

9

5

10

12

2

6

0

0

1

0

2

1

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4

0

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9

1

2

2

3

3

0

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8

0

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Word

Male

Female

Both

Neither

fashion football breadwinner pilot

strength

flower

ambitious

perseverance compassionatebossy

helpless

thoughtful

soft

dangerous perpetrator victim attractive opinionated hostile emotional

boss

0

16

5

7

6

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

8

6

0

1

0

7

1

5

7

0

1

0

1

15

1

3

10

12

3

7

10

3

0

8

6

4

2

10

2

9

0

9

6

7

0

13

9

7

3

7

7

2

5

4

6

9

11

5

4

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

4

0

0

0

3

1

0

1

1

0

1

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Word

Male

Female

Both

Neither

fashion, football, breadwinner, pilot,

strength, flower, ambitious, perseverance, compassionatebossy,

helpless, thoughtful, soft, dangerous, perpetrator, victim, attractive, opinionated, hostile, emotional

1

13

0

10

6

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

5

7

0

0

0

3

0

9

0

0

0

0

11

0

0

5

11

0

2

11

1

1

1

10

5

1

4

5

1

5

5

8

0

11

8

8

4

4

12

2

4

2

8

5

8

4

7

0

0

12

0

0

1

1

5

0

0

8

0

1

1

5

5

0

0

5

1

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What does this exercise demonstrate about language and gender?

What does it demonstrate about how we think about gender?