Abstract

The present dissertation The influence of English Language on Developing Gendered Perception investigates the possible bias of gender in English language and proposes that English language is not a neutral and transparent means of reflecting the reality Research in this field has not been undertaken with respect to the non-native English speaker The present quantitative study aimed to explore if the same argument applies in the case of non-native speakers of English The study was conducted in SBK Women s University Quetta Baluchistan Researcher selected 20 participants through convenience sampling The results were statistically significant and provided support for the hypothesis that generic he and man elicit inappropriate number of male images and validated Sapir-Whorf hypothesis which served as a theoretical foundation for the present study Results also suggested that he she and human function as generic pronouns Future research should modify the research design taking into account the limitation of the study