Language and Women

Abstract

The course of life of women and men has been continuing differently in almost all societies and all fields for ages. The different functions, positions and perspectives of women and men have developed in the societies in which life style bases on male domination, and this situation paves the way for negative results for women. Considering the fact that it is not easy to change the woman perception in the developed and developing societies, we have put some emphasis on the improvements in which men and women will be equal in the field of language at least with small changes in this study. We limited our study with German language and the way of addressing in German. In the first section of the study, we have addressed the issues of language and culture, the relationship between thinking and identity and the humiliation for women in language. After that, we try to reflect the emphasis suggestions as a table which can provide equality in the way of addressing in the second section.