Re-framing Stereotypes of Gender Equality in India: A Feminist Linguistic Perspective with Special Reference to the HANDBOOK ON COMBATING GENDER STEREOTYPES

Abstract

Language is the means of communication from the ages and in India we have so many languages. In India we still think English is for those for who are educated and well cultured in nature but this a stereotype that is associated with us. The other stereotype in our society is that English Language is considered better in terms of its usage of stating higher aspects intellectuality and we somewhere do not feel or know the correct usage of the words and its denoted meanings. Thus, it may lead us to confusion and sometimes it can create more stereotypes like some typical words based on Castes, Genders, and Ethnicity etc. In this age we are consuming so much of international content and

English language that the people pick up slangs and phrases form the language and start using it.

This paper aims in deliberating the use of English language in breaking on one such stereotype that is Gender. How words and their meanings can change the ways we perceive Gender. The language can be a major tool to reduce the gap between Gender Equality. The major aspect of this paper takes the reference of the Handbook Combating Gender Stereotypes which is compiled by the supreme court of India. The paper will take the handbook to analyse and reflect that need of the law of country like us breaking some pre-conceived notion of English Language and its usage in Indian Constitution and Society.