Gen105 Week 2 Checkpoint- Communicating In Forums
Dear Anthony,
Communicating in a classroom forum is quite different then communicating face-to-face. In fact, you have to be more cautious of the tone and writing style you are using when communicating in forums. One important key to keep in mind is your audience, and how they perceive your writing style. You do not want them to judge your writing as sexist. That is why it is important to use inclusive language. By inclusive language, I mean language that is not discriminatory towards any one group of individuals. Discrimination towards race, gender, religion, or any other classification is not used in inclusive language. By avoiding these classifications while writing, you are sure not to offend anyone. You started off your response by saying, “At a company conference, I saw this business lady give a presentation on etiquette. I was surprised because she had a lot of good things to say.” Coming from a woman’s point of view, this statement can be offensive to women. It sounds like you are implying that women do not have the capability of having intelligent things to say. To remove the sexist language from this type of statement in the future, replace words such as “lady” and “she” with non-sexist words such as “associate” and “they.” By doing this, you are removing the gender of the person giving the presentation, which is irrelevant to the story. In addition, it is eliminating any stereotypes that can be directed towards a specific gender. In addition to the above sentences, you wrote, “I recommend that any man who wants to advance in the business world should seriously consider brushing up on his etiquette…” This too is a form of sexist language. To avoid this mistake in the future, simply replace “his” with “his/her”. Therefore you are not labeling that men are the only sex that can become successful in the business world. Another way to eliminate sexist language in your writing is to identify people by their roles rather than by...
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