Rose’s Three Minute Thesis
Once Upon a Time, There Was a Problem That Had No Name: Genderism in Academic English Teaching Textbooks
Gender as a social construct has been addressed by different waves of feminism, in a world which is constructed on the alphabet of patriarchy. Scholars wrote of “a problem that has no name,” marched the street for equity, and brought this issue to the foreground in schools and universities. As a result, textbooks were investigated to reflect a better representation of all genders, and critical analysis of text and pictures paved the way to inform the scholars. As modern people, we may assume that once upon a time, there was a movement called feminism which solved all the problems while traditional values that are core to many every day practices get deeper and thus harder to be detected due to the static phase of denial. Raising awareness about genderism started in 1848, but we have a lot to do to prevent denial of genderism and contribute to the critical lens.
Rose is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Language, Literacy and Technology. She works on linguistic frameworks in critical discourse analysis, and is a great advocate of inclusion and equity in education. She acknowledges her epistemic privilege as a woman with many intersections, and is ready to equip teachers with what they need to see genderism.