Unfortunately, discrimination between men and women has been a common phenomenon for ages. Language discriminations are just one part of the general problem. That is, is it possible that people tend to express sexism through language towards women. Many studies in that field have shown fascinating results.

In terms of communication skills, women's practices are mainly characterized by contractual and cooperative activities. In general, women will follow the rule, try to be pleasant, and promote discussion with their interlocutors, unlike a man who will ignore it if he is not interested in the subject of debate. However, let us see in particular these factors:

• To show that they are interested in the conversation and respect their interlocutor, women will use vocals such as "Hmm," phrases such as "Yes, I understand... yes, of course," waving, of course, the head condescending.

To be polite, a woman will never ask for what she wants, but she will indirectly bring it. "Could you get me a glass of water?" They are often used in women's words as they do not want to become invasive and pushy when they ask for something. Of course, these are often accompanied by very polite phrases such as "please."

• Women also use quite a lot of the word of tag questions, as echoing in her proposal, "We have passed today, haven't we?" or "We are on for the evening, aren't we?" So that she would stress her kindness and not become too invasive to her interlocutor. Men will ask directly for what they want.

• Uncertainty phrases, such as "I'm not sure if I can come today" instead of "I'm not coming today" or even more extreme, to emphasize its uncertainty and not to blame her if she's wrong, "I'm not sure, but, if I'm not mistaken, I think..."

• It is quite common for a woman to support a conversation and promote her development until it is completed, unlike a man who can easily change the subject, especially if he does not care about the previous one.

• Following an identical rationale, the man can interrupt the conversation, and if the woman stops him, it will be considered rude. Women tend to interrupt the debate among other women as an indication of active participation.

• Women also use fewer abusive or degrading expressions.

• On the other hand, women often use metaphorically meaningless adjectives to show their admiration, such as "wonderful, exquisite, wonderful, unbelievable, etc." But also, more nicknames. In contrast, men, to show their admiration, will usually use abusive speech.

• Still, it seems that women tend to emphasize syllables to be more pleasant, e.g., "I liked it soooo much!" or "Thank you veeeeery much!" A man will never do that, and he will undoubtedly use a flatter, more factual speech.

Hence, it becomes clear that women and men use different ways to communicate. We should not generalize. Research gives us some material, but that does not mean that we are talking about all women and men. Nevertheless, it is a feature of our society to teach children how to speak according to whether they are girls or boys, so they are trained.

By simply understanding the communication practices that use both sexes, we will understand the world around us and the discrimination it makes. Responsibility is all, woman, man, and society of all. We can only hope through our language to correct certain stereotypes and make this world a little more equal.

Language isn't sexist on its own; we make it. The language points out our mistakes.

Want to learn more about sexism in language? Read Robin Lakoff Language and Woman’s Place (1973, 1975).

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