Journal of Interdisciplinary History and Human Societies
Women's Language or Powerless Language
Abstract
Sherif Alalfy
Scientists have begun to record their observations about the difference between the language of women and the language of men since the middle of the seventeenth century ad, when studies appeared showing the linguistic differences between the sexes in the societies of the Amazon and the Caribbean. However, interest in the subject increased with the beginning of the twentieth century at the hands of anthropologists, and then the interest grew when the efforts of anthropologists mixed with those of sociologists. At that time, the conviction increased that gender, like other social structures, such as class, geographical area, and age, are all factors affecting speech. However, are these features that scientists have observed, are they achieved in all societies? Is it caused by the woman’s gender or her weakness? If it is the first, then the phenomenon must be expelled, and if it is the second, then the man can also be characterized by it.
