It's not difficult to find evidence to support the idea that those who have more power have more control over the words we use. As we use language to speak our views, Spender argues that the words which are acceptable and commonplace are more likely to express male experiences than female experiences.Spender's argument relies upon the belief that men have traditionally had more power than women. Spender believed that, by being more active in public life than women, men have been more able to get their opinions heard. She argued that our social world is described using language which is biased against women. Her book made some strong claims about the way that language is organised. In 1980, Dale Spender wrote a book entitled Man Made Language. 'Booze' is an anglicised version of the word 'busen', borrowed from the Dutch term meaning to 'drink to excess'.
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