Sunday, February 7, 2010

Taboo?

After reading the Vivian de Klerk article, "How Taboo are Taboo Words for Girls," I realize that there are different mannerisms associated with how a person responds to various key words. Let me preface by saying I did not expect that much profanity (not that I'm offended) from males or females while giving their description of the key words. I found it interesting that the age groups in question had such varying responses, primarily based on life experience, 2.) the study suggests that if the subject person knew the key word was describing a certain gender, the response might be swayed, according to what gender was believed to be portrayed, and 3.) the age of the article was much older than I expected, however still relevant to today.

1 comment:

  1. You don't need to include so much summary--just give your reflection. Make connections with the text.

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