I'd Rather Be Dead Than Be a Girl by John Marcus Sweeney - 9780761848738

I'd Rather Be Dead Than Be a GirlImplications of Whitehead, Whorf, and Piaget for Inclusive Language in Religious Education\nAuthor(s): John Marcus Sweeney\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of America, United States\nImprint: University Press of America\nISBN-13: 9780761848738, 978-0761848738\nSynopsis\nIn I'd Rather Be Dead Than Be a Girl, the author explains a threefold thesis of a study that language influences how human beings perceive reality, that the development of theoretical constructs can help explain resistances to and possibilities for inclusive language, and that the implementation of inclusive language is an important goal for religious education.\nThe study begins with a description of the problem to be considered, that is, the role of sexist language in perpetuating sexual discrimination. Beginning in the third chapter, insights from Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy of organism, Benjamin Lee Whorf's principle of linguistic relativity, and Jean Piaget'.