Gender Politics In Language

They say, action speaks more than words but I say words speak no less. Language was invented to communicate and not to create gender barriers. Despite of big gender discriminating events happening in one's life, a woman always remembers the day to day instances, words that people choose to use.

'Choose to use' is what I focus here. English as a language has had a multiplied increase in the numbers of users and subscribers, especially in the urban areas. However, what you think is what gently spews out. To ensure equality, one needs to consciously think before speaking.

So, here goes a series of situations and how gender differences are prickled in everyday language.

Situation 1: Giving an example
The conference room was prepping itself for the regular Monday meeting. The clock ticked ten and all the members of the team walked in to meet their new team leader. Her dynamic personality in the brief morning informal catch-up inspired all the six women out of ten and gave them the hope of more opportunities in switching on their minds for better performances. As they sat down with straight backs and alert minds, the leader opened her talk, "He who does the job well makes the most in my team". The ladies immediately switched off their mind.

Situation 2: Indian superpower is a God or Goddess?
Alumna of a good public school from a suburban area, Rajen had been the top performer in his school. Post his degrees and a lot of job-hunt, he zeroed in on a CSR job in rescuing women from flesh traders since he wanted to work for equality. The moment he came out of the interview, he called his mom. She asked, "How was it? Will you get the job?" Immediately christening the Indian superpower, he said "God knows. I hope he will not dishearten me."

Situation 3: Always a bitch.
I need not give a situation for this. Everyone living in India knows how a feminine is always a slang. Femininity in slangs have always ruled, irrespective of language. Day in day out, the utterances of these words have developed initially and developed guilt panks in women, therefore making the building of 'less confidence' a factor of development. While 'tomboyish' is a matter of pride, being 'girlish' is always a slang.

Does that mean, with the rethinking of developmental parameters like technology, infrastructure, education, transportation, environment, health, we must re-think usage of language too?