Sapir-Whorf: What’s in a Name?
Published Monday 30th April, 2007 by Skrik
Apparently, some researcher-type people have found that giving girls feminine-sounding names will prevent them from studying boys’ subjects like maths and physics. The researchers have fallen into the pseudo-science of Sapir and Whorf, claiming that the perceived femininity of a name creates identity, which in turn determines life choices. Who is to say that Anna is more feminine a name than Abigail? And what evidence do the researchers have that indicates that people with similar names make similar choices in life?
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