It was further found that this was not wholly due to the use of the masculine pronoun as a generic: "97 percent of the uses of "he" referred male humans or animals, or to persons presumed to be male" (the examples he cites are sailors and farmers). ... With this in mind it is easy to see why writers in general tend towards describing males even when the situation is wholly ambiguous (as in the example of animals in children's school books cited above). ...

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Children and Bilingualism According to the 1990 United States Census, one in seven or 31.8 million people speak a language other than English in their home. In the past, second generation children were encouraged to adopt the customs, culture, and language of what was identified as the majority culture. Today, with greater recognition and celebration of cultural differences, people are more likely to maintain and share their primary language with their children and to promote bilingualism as a reflection of ethnic pride and identity. What is Bilingualism? Different people use the term in ...

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