ABSTRACT
As we have seen at various points in this book, struggles over language use have been crucial in many respects within feminist linguistic research. Sexist language has been one of the key issues within feminist linguistics which has forced people to carefully consider their own and others’ language use – to examine, for example, the way that an institution’s choice of words in relation to women fits with its mission statements about equality of opportunity or its claims to modernity (Mills 2008).
