How do the articles exemplified the ways in which language reinforces or thwarts gender roles?

From the article, I learned that the in India the gender roles are from special from all the other countries. Their long rooted conception for the gender roles makes women very vunerable in the society. It seems that the equality between man and women is constantly being approached, however, only the efforts from the government are not big enough to change the social norm. Man still did not realize that the severe consequences they are producing when they rape.  They still have the sense that man is socially more protected and superior than women is. The article itself suggested that women itself should take the blame too because they do not behave right, which induces the man to rape.

Gender and Language

1.Which aspects of gender roles are true everywhere?
Gender roles varies in different cultures so it is really hard to find the aspects gender roles that are true for everywhere. However, if we trace back to history, there are lots cultural misconceptions that indicated that women are weaker than man and are less dependable. Almost, in every history, women became educated later than man did.

2.Which are specific to your culture
In China, women are traditionally thought to be more dependent on man. They usually are responsible for the domestic jobs such as taking care of children's. However, As the time pasts, the segeregation line between man and women are blurred. More and more women go to work and start to be responsible for sustaining the well-being of their family.

3.How does language reinforce or create or thwart those gender roles?
I think language do shape those gender roles. In lots of the families, boys and girls were taught by their parents or adults from a early age about how to act. Those language have clearly impacted on children's mind. Also, mass media also play a big role in shaping public opinion toward gender role.For example, girls are told to better be skinny if they want to look good. There are also languages that thwarts the traditional view in gender, now there are lots of ideas that advocate the importance of being independent for a women.

to celebrate or not to celebrate the columbus' day

It is true that Columbus is viewed as a national hero for his discovery of the new world in which now tens of million people live on. However, a day in name of columbus is not necessarily needed because America is a diverse and multi-cultural country which includes people from differnet ethnics who might hold different point of views in the same issue. It is not fair for those people who dislike Columbus' acts to celebrate him as a figure of bravery and spirit of american culture. American people definitely need a day to celebrate the courage of exploring but it is no need to set it in name of Columbus.

When truth survives free speech

Is this an example of the free market of ideas? why or why not?

It is not a typical tpye of the free market of ideas because the court still involved in the case. A free market of ideas should be carry on without the outside regulations and interference.

Does/would FMI work here? Why or why not?
The FMI certainly did not work here because the businessman was defamed, and the general public starts to believe in the inaccurate informations. So the truth did not come to light. 

Can you see evidence of free press in your news journals?
No, because it is not the kind of information that is supposed to be censored.
How might the story and/or language have been different if its writer's free speech was not protected.
If it is not protected, then people would not say something that is against the goverment. Some truth will be censored.
Whose voice/story wouldn't be heard? who would benefit?
the voice form the witness and the general government.

What is News?
Must be true, or shoulb be true
- waht is news?
News are articles or reports that provide lately informations about politics, economy,entertainment and so on.
updated daily, local, national , international
multimedia,world events influence people
up to date,politics entertainment,
value for sharing necessary for citizenship
happened recently people have to be interested.
-what should be news?
News should be something well-organized. It enables the readers to get infromations all around the world as soon as possible.
-who gets to do decide?
the news editor, the jounalist, the reporters and the public. sometime the government.