【正文】 man. From the order of the birth, it is obvious to see the different importance of man and woman. And man and woman are not equal at all because woman is only a part of man, which itself is the discrimination against women. It is said in the Holy Bible that the first sin is also mitted by the woman. She was seduced by the snake into eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and having the man eat, too. At last, the woman was punished to bring forth children in pain and was ruled over by the man. From above, the superiority of men and inferiority of women is clearly seen. The Holy Bible is actually a book of men. As Christianity is such a powerful religion in Western countries, it is unreasonable to deny that this helps to set and consolidate the inferiority of women. (2) Physiological factor For extended work and life together, people realized that men are tall in stature, strong in muscle and robust in physique. In contrary to men, women are small in stature, weak in physique and have more fat and less muscle than men. Women also mature more rapidly. In a word, men are stronger than women. This determines that men play a more and more important role in social and economic lives. A man‘s job is to work outside but a woman‘s job is to stay at home, do the housework and take care of the children. Women are treated as the weaker ones and they realize their own values through their marriages to men. At last, women are lower in status. They have to leech on to men and are dominated by men. Gradually, people begin to discriminate women and think that they are inferior in intelligence. This wrong perspective forms slowly and reflects in language. (3) Social factor (Labor division) Feminists all claim that we live in a patriarchal society: a society of men, ruled by men and for men. Patriarchy depicts men as the perfect norm against which women are measured and found lacking. Both the Western and Eastern societies use sex, to one degree or another, in allocating tasks, activities, rights, and responsibilities. As for the job done by men and women, there is a longstereotyped notion of what they can do. In history, there has been a division of labora division in which women‘s place was restrained at home for housework and childcare while men worked outside being the breadwinner. At last, men had dominance over women, and women had to be dependent on men. This was the turning point for women. From then on, in paternal society, slavery society and capitalist society, women had been on the bottom of society. In long and endless course of history, sexism against women has been accumulated. It is due to different labor division that leads to different social status. This has been clear in ancient and modern society. Later, in addition to domestic work, women began to enter the paid work place. However, even though half of women are employed outside the home, the belief persists that woman is mainly, and primarily, in the roles of wife and mother. Due to women39。 [關(guān)鍵詞 ] 性別歧視；英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言；詞匯中性化；女權(quán)主義 1. Introduction As the peculiar result of the development of human society, language is a kind of social phenomenon and reflects all the sides of human society naturally. Its existence and development are closely linked with the social attitudes of human beings and to a great extent are affected by their social views and values. Historically and sociologically, our society is manoriented and maned. Women, regarded as a weaker gender in society, are discriminated for a long time and pletely subordinated in political life, economic life and even family life in the society dominated by men. Unavoidably, this kind of phenomenon has been embodied in languages. In linguistic aspect, language is biasbased and women suffer from language sexism. Genderdifferentiated language use can reflect and help perpetuate the subordinate status of women in society. Since 1960s, feminists strive for the elimination of gender discrimination, for the greater recognition of women‘s contributions to society and aim to change many cultural and social customs that perpetuate patriarchal value systems. Many fields of life around the world have been, or are being, affected by this movement. One of the many impacts feminism on society is its impact on language. Language was and is seen by many feminists as a powerful instrument of patriarchy. 2. The Factors of Sexism in the English Language Sexism in English is not formed in one day, but built up in the long period of the development of language, which leads to the variety of the causes. What causes the sexism in the English Language? There are four factors: cultural factor, physiological factor, social factor and psychological factor. (1) Cultural factor In the Holy Bible (The Books of The Old Testament): ―So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept。只有改變社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)，即男女真正擁有平等的地位，語(yǔ)言中的平等才能真正實(shí)現(xiàn)。作者認(rèn)為，改變性別歧視主要解決以下幾個(gè)問(wèn)題：(1) 避免陽(yáng)性代詞的泛指； (2) 詞匯的中性化； (3)命名與稱謂的對(duì)等；(4)創(chuàng)造新的對(duì)應(yīng)詞。接著論文從陽(yáng)性詞泛指，詞序，詞義的貶降等方面對(duì)英語(yǔ)中的性別歧視現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行了詳細(xì)的分析。兩者緊密相 連。 論文首先剖析了英語(yǔ)中性別歧視現(xiàn)象形成的根源。性別歧視作為這其中的一種，是指把男性視作社會(huì)規(guī)范和中心，輕視，侮辱女性或使她們顯得微不足道。 feminism [摘 要 ] 語(yǔ)言在社會(huì)中所處的地位尤為重要。 English language。 (3) strive for balanced naming and addressing system。淺析英語(yǔ)中的性別歧視現(xiàn)象 [Abstract] Language plays an important role in society. As a phenomenon of society, language reflects all the sides of human society naturally. Sexism is a phenomenon that takes a maleasnorm attitude, trivializing, insulting or rendering women invisible. As a special social phenomenon, sexism is inevitably reflected through start with, the thesis traces the reasons for the occurrence of sexism in the English language. In nature, sexism in language reflects sexism in society. The two are closely related. Social connotations of sexism in English tell the rela