Türkçe ve İngilizcede Cinsiyete Duyarlı Dil: Değişen Algılar

Yıl 2020, Sayı: 39, 1 - 14, 12.05.2020

Ozan Deniz Yalçınkaya

Öz

Kültürel ve politik açıdan, geçmişten süregelen önyargılı algıya karşın bugün dünya, insanlara karşı daha tarafsız bir algı oluşturmaya evirilmektedir. Bu olumlu değişime rağmen, önyargıların ve ayrımcı davranışların kalıplaşmış algısı, günümüzde iletişim sürecinde varlığını doğrudan ya da dolaylı olarak devam ettirmektedir. Sosyal hayatımızda ve dil kullanımında geçmişin mirası olarak gelen bu söylemleri asgariye indirmek için alternatifler teklif edilmektedir. Her ne kadar mevcut algı, bu söylemlerin yanlış olduğunu kabul etse de dilde ve iletişimde kullanılan söz ve ifadeler, süregelen algıdan kopamamıştır.

Bu çalışmada, Türkçe ve İngilizcede mevcut olan cinsiyete dayalı çeşitli söylemler üzerine bir inceleme yapılacaktır. Bu doğrultuda öncelikle günlük hayatta Türkce ve İngilizcede sık kullanılan cinsiyet çağrışımlı ifade ve terimlerden örnekler tespit edilmiştir. Sonra da bu ifadelerde doğrudan ya da 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Cinsiyete duyarlı dil, önyargı, ayrımcı söylem, olumsuz algı, tutumlar

Gender-Sensitive Language in Turkish and English: Changing Perceptions

Öz

Despite the prejudiced perception from the past, culturally and politically the world today is evolving to form a more neutral perception towards people. Today, in spite of this positive change, the stereotyped perception of prejudices and discriminatory behavior continues to exist directly or implicitly in the communication process. Alternatives are offered to minimize these discourses that come as the legacy of the past in our social life and language use. Although the current perception accepts that these discourses are false, the words and expressions used in language and communication could not be detached from the ongoing perception.

This paper aims to examine the various forms of gender-based inequality that exist within languages, attempting to portray such differences in Turkish and English. Accordingly, examples of gender associative expressions and terms that are frequently used in Turkish and English in daily life were identified. Subsequently, an alternative terminology has been proposed to sexist discourses that existed explicitly or implicitly in these statements.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gender-Sensitive Language, Prejudice, discriminatory discourse, negative perception, attitudes

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