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I literally imagined a man in a 50’s style suit with a briefcase and wouldn’t have given it a second thought. I had to manually untangle that concept to add the
by nefitty 6y ago
I literally imagined a man in a 50’s style suit with a briefcase and wouldn’t have given it a second thought. I had to manually untangle that concept to add the realization that women can sell stuff too.
Maybe it has an effect on behavior? I’m not sure of any research behind gendered language.
- himinlomax 6y agoIt doesn't. It's called the Sapir-Worff hypothesis. Pinker called it something like "the most well known hypothesis in linguistics, too bad it's almost certainly false." It's pre-Chomsky, in date and concept.
- lurquer 6y agoTraveling Avon Lady?
- nefitty 6y agoMental model updated