Abstract Discourse does not only refer to the words and concepts being expressed,but also denotes the practices of ideology.Sexism discourse reflects the ideas and attitudes which stray away from objective facts and is a part of gender ideology.These ideas and attitudes are intimately related to social culture and are the mirror of inequality of social status between men and women.What the female suffers is the male-centered discourse oppression.The profound reason for this oppression is the male's possession of discourse right,which is also the symbol of economy,politics,law and social structures.Sexism discourse is generated in the patriarchal cultural contexts in which the male dominates and disciplines the discourse,creating signs as well as female signs.Women in such context and discourse are put in disadvantageous positions,defined by men,stipulated by men,depreciated by men and become men's vassals.Divergent gender ideologies are embedded in different cultural,historical,political,economic and social backgrounds.We should analyze and make research on the representation of sexism discourse in combination with expansive social and cultural backgrounds in a global context.Only by sorting out traditional gender discourse can we reconstruct a gender discourse based on the equality between male and female.
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