Gender specific vocabulary
Cutting Edge Advanced Module 7
Warmer
Tell your partner about your weekend or the weekend of someone you know. They will try to guess the gender of the person you are talking about. Do you agree that those activities are quite gender specific? How do you think your weekend might have been different if you had been a woman/ man?
Vocabulary
Work together with someone and try to write words or expressions which are specific to just one gender in the boxes below
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Words and expressions only used to talk about men |
Words and expressions only used to talk about women |
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Choose a word from each pair that you are sure goes into one of the columns above. Does the other one go in the other column, or could it be both?
niece/ nephew
gay/ lesbian
fiancé/ fiancée
pecs/ breasts
wallet/ purse
stubble/ beard
skirt/ kilt
bra/ vest
knickers/ pants
beautiful/ handsome
feminine/ masculine
macho/ girly
curvy/ muscular
moustache/ plucked eyebrows
bikini/ swimming trunks
necklace/ chain
urinal/ toilet (bowl)
lipstick/ lip salve
handbag/ shoulder bag
tomboy/ effeminate
aftershave/ perfume
painted toe nails/ pedicure
pierced belly button/ tattooed eyeliner
moobs/ boobs
ponytail/ skinhead
beer belly/ showing your midriff
shaved armpits/ electric shaver
mascara/ bags under your eyes
hairpin/ hair band
receding hairline/ bald patch
trouser suit/ suit
stilettos/ slip on shoes
hairy chest/ cleavage
Do you think the following sentences describe men or women?
- humorous and supportive, but flirtatious
- very driven but lacks a sense of humour
- charming womaniser, but doesn’t know what they are letting themselves in for
- has all the right qualities, but seems a bit henpecked
- pleasant and a good team player, but serious
- highly experienced but has a rather overbearing attitude
- well liked but lets people push them around
- extremely attractive but hasn’t got a clue how tough things can be
- very knowledgeable but a natural loner
- reasonably pleasant but moans a lot
Check your answers on page 112/ 113 and match each description above to one of the people
What activity do you think these people will be taking part in? Check your answers on page 70.
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