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1Anti-MaleBiasinEnglishandChinese1.IntroductionFordecades,linguistshavebeenstudyingtheproblemoflinguisticsexism.Muchefforthasbeenputonanti-femalelanguageusagewhilelittleonanti-malebiasinlanguage.Theendofthe1980switnessedthebirthofanewtheorytothestudyoflinguisticsexism,theis,theapproachfrommen’sstudy,whichholdsthatboththemaleandfemalecanbepreysoflinguisticsexism(杨永林，2004：36).However,thisnewlyemergingforceisnotpowerfulenoughtoplaceinfluenceonthesolidfoundationoftraditionalapproachestothestudyoflinguisticsexism,nottomentionchangeaveragepeople’sconceptsaboutlinguisticsexism.Generally,peopleassumethatonlyfemalesarediscriminatedagainstinlanguage.Therefore,thispaperemploystheapproachfrommen’sstudytodiscusstheproblemofanti-malebiasinlanguageandattemptstocomparethesimilaritiesofanti-malelanguageusageinEnglishandChinese.Throughcomparison,people’smisconceptionoflinguisticsexismcanberedressed.Meanwhile,attentioncanbedrawntoanti-malebiasinEnglishandChinese.Furthermore,similaritiesbetweenEnglishcultureandChineseculturecanberevealedsoastofosterunderstandingbetweenthesetwocultures.Primarilyemployingthetechniquesofclassification,exemplification,andcomparison,theauthorofthisarticleisgoingtodividethewholedissertationintofourchapters.Chapteroneisageneralintroduction.Chaptertwoisaliteraturereview,whichintroducesthestudiesoflinguisticsexism,misconceptionoflinguisticsexismanddifferenttheoriestothestudyoflinguisticsexism.Andchapterthree,whichisthemostimportantpart,comparesthesimilaritiesofanti-malebiasinEnglishandChinesefromthreeaspects,whicharegender-exclusivelanguage,gender-restrictivelanguage,andmasculinizationofevil.Intheendcomesanaturalconclusion,thatis,themale,likethefemale,canbe四号TimesNewRoman,加粗。小四号TimesNewRoman。英文论文中出现的汉字用宋体5号字2号TimesNewRoman加粗，上下各空一行。2victimsoflinguisticsexism.2.LiteratureReview2.1StudiesoflinguisticsexismLinguisticsexismreferstoprejudicialattitudeofeithersextowardstheotherintheuseoflanguage(杨永林，2004：18).Thephenomenonoflinguisticsexismexistsindifferentcultures,includingEnglishandChinesecultures…2.2MisconceptionoflinguisticsexismanddifferentapproachesFromthedefinitionoflinguisticsexismatthebeginningofthepaper,wecanclearlyseethatlinguisticsexismincludesbothanti-malelanguageandanti-femalelanguage.However,mostpeopleassumethatsexistlanguageisonlyusedforthefemaleandthatfemalesalonearethevictimsoflinguisticsexism.ButaccordingtoYangYonglin(2004：24),bothmalesandfemalescanbepreyoflinguisticsexismandthedifferencebetweenanti-maleusageandanti-femaleusagemerelyliesintheextentofvictimization…3.Gender-ExclusiveLanguageAlthoughgender-exclusivelanguageusagewhichexcludesfemalesinEnglishhasoftenbeendiscussed,littleheedhasbeenpaidtousagethatomitsmales.Exampleafterexamplecanbecitedtoprovetheexistenceofanti-femalelanguageusage.Forinstance,AmericanlinguistNilsengivesatypicalexampleinthebookSexismandLanguage:Letmeshowyoutherestrictionsthatwouldbeplacedonmydaughter…Amongthepeculiarrestrictionsplacedonherwouldbethatcouldneverreallyparticipateinthebrotherhoodofmankind.Andregardlessofwhatherforefatherswere,shecouldn’thavebeenanIrishman,aFrenchman,oraDutchman…Atschoolshewouldhavetolearnearlythatshecouldserveoncommitteesbutneverbethespokesmanorchairman.Shecouldparticipateinsports,nutshecouldnotparticipatesportsmanship.Inbaseballshecouldbeapitcheroracatcherbutnottheballboyorthefirstbaseman…Evenifsherosetorealpowerintheworldandbecameaqueen,shecouldn’trulebecausethereareonlykingdoms—noqueendoms…Butifbysomehappenstance,shedidsucceedingainingpoweringovernment,therealstrategyis小四号TimesNewRoman,加粗。文中较长篇幅的引文（超过40个字符）可独立列出，将整段引言缩进5个字符，并换一种字体，建议用MicrosoftSansSerif。3thatshecouldneverbeastatesman—onlyapolitician(quotedin潘建，2004：15).However,fewpeoplehavediscoveredthatAlmaMaterwhichmeansnourishingmotherisagender-restrictivetermusedtorefertotheuniversityorschoolatwhichonestudies.Thesameismammalwhichisatermusedtocategorizeanimalsaccordingtothefemale’sabilitytofeedtheyoungthroughherbreasts.Obliviously,mammalexcludesthemaleofthespecies…4.ConclusionInconclusion,males,justlikefemales,canbevictimsoflinguisticsexismbothinEnglishandinChinese.Infact,thereexistmanysimilaritiesofanti-maleusagebetweenthesetwolanguages.Bothlanguagesignorethemale’sroleofbeingparentandexcludethemasvictim,whichactuallyisunfairtothemale.Wheneverparentismentioned,motherwouldbeputinthefirstplace,whilefatherisconsideredasa“second-rateparent”asAugustputsit.NomatterthemanlivesinEnglish-speakingsocietiesorinChina,hecannotavoidbeingconfinedtocertainprescribedgenderroles.Heissupposedtobehavelikearealmanallhislife,orelsehewillpossiblybeacowardorasissyoneday,anddespisedbyothers.Societyrequireshimtoworkhardasa“breadwinner”,andtomakeaccomplishmentsinhiscareer,otherwise,hewouldbegrantedwithsuchtitlesasne’er-do-wellwhichisratherinsulting…4ReferencesAugust,E.(2000).“RealMenDon’t:Anti-malelanguageinEnglish”[A].InAboutLanguage:AReaderforWriters[C].Ed.W.H.Roberts,andGregoireTurgeon.Beijing:ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,p68-76.Bloom,H.(1973).Theanxietyofinfluence:Atheoryofpoetry[M].NewYork:O