current thinking about valuing women's language

Along with the Mary Beard discussion about how women's voices are not valued (see my post and the link to her article here), here is a useful opinion piece ( - you could use some of these ideas in your essay or your opinion piece but you must link them to theory e.g. Lakoff vs Cameron). It is important to have a perspective on current thinking - the task I set you about 'should women change their language' (which too few of you have done in time to get it marked) almost invites you to say they should, but it is a trap! Discuss the idea that women's language is deficient from the perspective that it isn't, please! Otherwise you look like you are not well-read on current thinking.