Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf suggested that there is a direct association linking language to other conceptual processes such as thought and culture development. The approach of humans view and interpret the world around them fully relies on the language they are fully immersed around since birth. Furthermore the hypothesis strongly postulates that whatever language spoken within a region determines the associated culture found there …show more content…
For instance, a girl wanting to become an engineer when she grows up would be called “Ingeniero” in Spanish which takes on that male characteristic (Deutscher). Battling sexist social issues and breaking away from strict gender roles implemented by culture norms, especially being a woman, would be ultimately more problematic when that culture has this mindset since learning how to speak. Ultimately, growing up speaking a language other than English will contain more grammatical genders and consequently, puts up more