Copyright (c) 2023 Synergía
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
In the article Reflection on the sexist use of language or linguistic sexism as a form of expression, some definitions of the concept of linguistic sexism are proposed. In addition, some general considerations about the linguistic sexism problem in Spanish are presented and it is affirmed that a speaker commits this fault, when communicating or expressing themselves, they use some words or share some messages that tend to denigrate or discriminate against people of both sexes, due to the way in which language is used and not to its substance. The objective of this research is to present a brief reflection on the sexist use of language or linguistic sexism as a form of oral and written expression. The methodology used for the development of this study is qualitative, documentary, and linguistic. The results show that the Spanish language is a non-sexist linguistic system since linguistic sexism lies in the use or employment made by the speaker of the language. Therefore, grammatical gender should not be confused with sex. Finally, the teaching of linguistic sexism is suggested, at all school levels, since its learning becomes a valuable tool that contributes to gradually eliminate the inequality that exists between the male and female sex.
