Hot Spots

This first hotspot I saw in "Real Men Don't: Anti-Male Bias in English" was on page 131. It talked about domestic violence and sexual harassment. It said that the national campaign against domestic violence slogan is "Domestic violence is the one thing that hurts women and their children the most..." I understand that in most cases the women and children are being abused, but I know for a fact that there are cases where men have been the victims. I think that the cases with men are less often reported for fear of embarrassment. The media also does not discuss the cases where women abuse their husbands. Another hotspot from this essay that stood out to me was on page 136. It talked about men entering into marriage and all of the things that are expected of them, such as being the breadwinner. I think in today's society men are less expected to be the breadwinners. Today more often women, and even mothers, are working and making and income to support their families. In decades such as the 1940s and 50s men were expected to work and support the family because the women were at home taking care of the children, but today things are changing and roles for women are also changing.

In Deborah Tannen's "There is No Unmarked Women" the first hotspot I found was on page 142 when she said that "there is no unmarked women." I agree with this statement. Women use their clothes, makeup, and hair to express who they are as an individual. You can also tell somethings about a women's personality or mood from the clothes that she is wearing or how she is wearing her hair on a certain day. Men's clothing styles are more generic and that does not really give them the options that women have so it is harder for men to express themselves through their outer appearance. Another hotspot that i found was on page 144. I did not know that there are some species that only produce females but there are no species that only produce males. I also think that it is an irrelevant point to make when you are trying to prove male-bias in the English language.