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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
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 0 4 0 0 9 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 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 |
What does this exercise demonstrate about language and gender?
What does it demonstrate about how we think about gender?