Explain why Dr. Karl Menninger’s book titled Man Against Himself is an example of masculine generics. What are the implications of using masculine generics in language?
What will be an ideal response?
Masculine generics refers to using masculine nouns and pronouns to refer to all people in a gender-neutral sense. The title Man Against Himself is an example of this because we are unsure if the book is about male adults or people generally. When masculine is the norm, female becomes the exception and can lead to a female deficit perspective. Most of the time the implication is that it stigmatizes anyone who is not male as they are considered exceptions to the norm.
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