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Word 20: Vociferous  

Little ladies don’t scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severly for throwing tantrums or showing temper: ‘high spirits’ are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls.

vociferous (adj) : conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry – source: The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader, p. 246

08.04.2003 klo 04:29

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