Why do I make less than my male co-stars?

'Why do I make less than my male co-stars?' is an article, which was published on the social networking site 'facebook' by the female actress Jennifer Lawrence. This article was published to highlight the fact that in some professions, women don't get paid the same amount as men, even if they have the same role within the job and to also make others aware that female inquality still takes place nowadays. Secondly, the article was also published to possibly generate debate within the online community and to allow people of all different age's and gender's to argue their point. Although this is a serious article, Lawrence includes taboo language such as 'fuck that', 'bullshit', to make it a little more light hearted.

Male and female language features:

• Men don't care if they come across as 'difficult' or 'spoiled', whereas women do.
• Men consider expressing their opinions as normal, but when women express theirs, they are made out to be 'personal' or offensive'. I think this is due to men feeling as though their dominance is being threatened so they react with words such as 'whoa' to patronise the woman to make her doubt herself.
• Women are stereotyped to state their opinion in an 'adorable' way.
• Men don't contemplate what angle they should use to have their voice heard, it is just heard.

Genre stereotypes in spoken language:

• Women gossip
• Women talk about domestic and personal trivia
• Women have soft and gentle voices or have loud, strident voices and they screech.

• Men are strong and silent
• Men talk about important topics e.g business.