【正文】 al marital status, in line with titles for men) there are now three possible titles in circulation, and all three appear alongside Mr. on most of the forms we have to fill in. Until very recently at least, women had no choice but to reveal whether they are single or (ever) married every time they wanted to refer to themselves in conventional titlepluslastname manner. One was rather Miss SomebodyorOther, Mrs. SomebodyorOther. Now, of course, one can be Ms. SomebodyorOther and supposedly avoid the whole issue. However, this is not always the case. The use of Ms. is often interpreted to mean “unmarried, and slightly ashamed of the fact”. As one writer reports,“After four attempts to convince a travel agent that I was not Miss or Mrs. But Ms., she finally responded with ‘Oh, I’m not married either, but it doesn’t bother me.’” If you choose not to tell the world your marital status by selecting Ms. , some people will assume you are divorced。in pinyin), which can be used as a single word, or as a meaning element attached to the sound element ‘巴’ (bāin pinyin) to form the new one ‘爸’ (father)。而漢語中的性別歧視在詞語中比英語更強(qiáng)烈。性別歧視，是以性別為基礎(chǔ)而產(chǎn)生的一種歧視現(xiàn)象。 English。 Chinese內(nèi) 容 摘 要語言是人類交際和思維的最重要的工具,它反映了語言創(chuàng)造者和使用者的思想、態(tài)度和文化。它是指一個(gè)性別成員對(duì)另一個(gè)性別成員的歧視，既包括對(duì)女性的歧視，也包括對(duì)男性的歧視。關(guān)鍵詞：性別歧視；英語；漢語ContentsIntroduction 11. Sexism in English 3 Sexism in word formation 3 Sexism in word order 4 Derogatory Names for Women 5 Sexism in proverbs, idioms, dicta, and riddle 102. Sexism in Chinese 10 Sexism in word formation 11 Sexism in word order 12 Diminished Names for Women 12 Sexism in proverbs 15 Sexism in riddles 16 Sexism in pronouns 163. Similarities and Differences of Sexism in English and Chinese 17 Similarities of Sexist Phenomena in English and Chinese 17 Word order 18 Women’s nicknames 19 Negative connotations behind women’s names 20 Generic pronouns 23 Differences of Sexism between English and Chinese 24 Ideographic language and alphabetic language 24 Isolating language and inflecting language 27Conclusion 32Notes 34References 35Introduction Language is the most important tool for human munication and thinking and it reflects the thoughts, attitudes, and cultures of the people who make it and use it. Human beings use language to municate thoughts and to formulate thoughts as well. The anthropologist and linguist Edward Sapir (1928)[1] ments:By the late 18th century, scholars began to wonder how language came into being. It is Impossible to conceive of mankind existing without language, that is, language developed when man himself developed [2]. Language was created by people through production and social practice and serves their purposes. Therefore, it tends to reflect social reality and is subjected to the restrictions of people’s living habits, thinking patterns, behavior norms, moral values, political concepts and cultural traditions. Language is regarded as the existing form of thinking, even as “the identity card” of thinking. If there had not been language, there would not have been thinking and vice versa. Human beings need language in order to think, but also need thought in order to have something to say. Karl Marx points out: “Language and ideology share a long history。 others can only be used as morphemes to form words with other characters , ., 菩 (p others will assume you are a feminist. n other words, the use of Ms. , if you had the choice of using Miss or Mrs. , can seem to carry the information about your political opinions. Furthermore,since the introduction of Ms. , selecting Miss or Mrs. as your title can seem to indicate that you do not want to appear to be a feminist. Therefore not only do two of the titles that women use reveal marital status, all three titles can appear to carry information about the user’s political affiliations. This is not a situation men face.Why should a woman’s title change with her marital status, but a man’s title stay the same? Doesn’t this imply that a woman’s place is in the home? If not, why doesn’t a man’s title (“Mr.”) designate his marital status? Feminist Dale Spender’s mentary sheds some light on an explanation in that respect.Although some sociolinguistic mentators remark that this asymmetry is primarily a matter of power and status differences rather than of sex/gender differences, there is nevertheless some evidence that when the status of the sexes is reversed (. female boss vs. male assistant/clerk or secretary) women in positions of power are still more likely than men to attract asymmetrical forms of address. Indeed, ments made by female bosses indicate that their male assistants often initiate or determine the forms of address to be used between them (usually a prerogative of the more powerful) and occasionally address them by an endearment. Sexism in proverbs, idioms, dicta, and riddleSome proverbs, idioms, dicta, riddles portray females as idle chatterboxes, weak, jealous, stupid, possessive and concerned with physical beauty or trivial things. The following are some of the examples:In proverbs: A thousand men may live together in harmony, whereas two women are unable to do so though they are sisters.[5] A woman’s hair is long, but her sense is short[6].In dicta: With women,the heart argues,not the mind.[7] A river without islands is like a woman without hair.[8] In riddles: Why should ladies who wish to remain slender avoid the letter “C” ? (Because it makes fat a fact.)[9] What is the difference between a soldier and a young girl? (One powder the face, the other faces the powder.)[10] 2. Sexism in ChineseThe number of Chinese is much more than English’s. There are also including sexism in Chinese such as sexism in word formation, word order, proverbs, riddles and pronouns. Sexism in word formationIn the Chinese writing system, many characters related to females contain the meaning element or the feminine/female radical‘女’ (nǚin pinyin, mea