Abstract:
The paper examines on socio-cultural and psychological
analysis of language and gender discrimination. The
motivation behind the examination was due to the increase
of discriminated language assigned to gender. Literature
shows that lack of awareness and education in large trigger
discriminative language. This motivates investigation as the
suggested factors are questionable. The paper used deficit,
dominance and identity control theories in explaining
gender and language of discrimination. The study used an
ethnographical study and a case study design where
Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy of Tanzania was a
case for investigation. The study was qualitative in nature,
whereby words, phrases and sentences were used in the data
analysis stage. It was found that pitch rate, dressing styles,
body structures, class presentation and group discussion
were the areas where the gendered language was evidenced
in favour of females as the result words like buttocks, smooth
pitch, half necked, don’t be like a girl, be strong and rhythm
pitch result from women themselves against men. Thus,
discriminative words are mostly triggered by females
themselves. Based on the findings, it was concluded that
females should stand themselves; they should not think that
their body appearance and biological makeup trigger them
to create environments of gendered words
