EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF GENDER CATEGORIZATIONS ON POLITICAL ISSUES AND RELATED SPEECH

Abstract

In this study, I build upon existing scholarship in language studies. I argue that gendered-language – as a microcosm of language study’s traditional divisions – is a framework by which we can, and should, seek to better understand modern policy. Through a consideration of the why behind word use, I explicate the ways in which gendered interpretations of language have wielded real influence in the twenty-first century landscape – specifically in the 2016 election cycle.