... the world to show that women are equal in every way. Jacques Derrida uses the term, 'logocentric' to describe how the western world perceives the written word. He also points out that we assume the definition of a word based on ontological and teleological assumption. The French theorist/philosopher, Helene Cixous then took these theories and used them to highlight the inherent sexism in western society through language. (It must be noted that any noun in French is stated to be either masculine or feminine). She then draws attention to sexualised and hierarchised binary oppositions of which I will analyse one pair of these. I have decided to use, 'Activity/passivity' as I feel that these reflect sexism in language well enough, to point out key information that could support Cixous' theories. The first word 'activity' gives reference to, 'The trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically Example: the level ...

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