Abstract:
 To some extent, language always reflects society, at the same time, it enables us to see the social reality more clearly. Moreover, as a social problem with a long history, sexism can be located everywhere. This thesis mainly tries to investigate linguistic sexism against women through English vocabulary.
To start with, the thesis carefully analyses sexism in English. After a documentation of sexism, the thesis traces the reasons for the occurrence of sexism in English. A large part of the thesis is contributed to how to change sexism in English. The elimination of linguistic sexism lies in social change. Only by changing the social structure, in which women and men hold equal status, can language equality be truly achieved.
The purpose of this paper is to disclose the common features of English language that suggest cultural biases and socially unjust attitudes towards women, and the paper provides some strategies to avoid sexism existing in English language. The study will help people to have a better understanding of the relationship between language and society; it also can promote proper usage of language and better cross-cultural communication.

Key words: English language; sexism; gender; culture; inequality

摘 要：
从某种程度上说,语言是社会的反映,它能使我们更加透彻,更加清晰地了解社会。此外，作为一个历史久远的社会问题，性别歧视现象处处可见。所以本论文试图主要探索英语词汇中反映的性别歧视现象而揭示对女性的性别歧视。
论文首先对英语中的性别歧视现象进行了详尽的分析。在全面论述了英语中的性别歧视现象后，论文作者剖析了语言中的性别歧视现象形成的根源。基于以上讨论，论文还着力探讨如何改变这种歧视。语言中的性别歧视的最终消亡取决于社会变化。只有改变社会结构，即男女真正拥有平等的地位，语言中的平等才能真正实现。
本文目的在于揭示语言中普遍存在对女性的文化偏见与社会歧视的现象，并就此现象提出了相应的解决方法。同时,这也将利于人们理解语言和社会的关系，从而能够更正确的使用语言，促进跨文化交际。

关键词：英语语言；性别歧视；性别；文化；不平等

1    Introduction
“Language is a guide to social reality.” Language is not only a guide, it is even a mirror that reflects the sexism in social reality, and at the same time, it makes people see the society more clearly. Language reflects sexism in society, which does not mean that language itself has sexism elements, just as it is not obscene, but it can connote sexist attitudes.
Language cannot be sexist independently of society. Linguistic connotation is the reflection of social reality. There is interaction between language and reality. Namely, Language might perpetuate and maintain sex-typing, the subordination of women and adherence to andocentric values. Although particular linguistic forms and structures haven’t sexism elements in themselves, the range of linguistic choices readily available in a community both reflects and contributes to maintaining traditional views of the sexes. In other words, language relies on conventionalized models of the world.