Sharon and her boyfriend disagree about the use of gender-neutral language. Her boyfriend thinks she is making a “big deal” over nothing when Sharon insists that “mankind” should be changed to “humankind.” According to the linguistic relativity hypothesis:
A. it is an accepted fact that mankind includes women
B. Sharon is right as language has been shown to influence how we think
C. the language we use is less important than the values we are taught
D. language can not create and maintain stereotypes
B. Sharon is right as language has been shown to influence how we think
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a. physical/cultural/psychological b. status/psychological/cultural c. gender/status/cultural d. jurisdictional/resource/physical
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