Other theorists the author refers to is Alan Chalmers (1978). On the one hand it offers immense freedom as it allows us to ‘create’ the world we live in but also we are restricted by that creation, limited to its confines and fearing any modifications to the structures we have initially created. This makes language a paradox for human beings as it is both a creative and an inhibiting vehicle. When there are a sexist language and sexist theories culturally available, the observation of reality is also likely to be sexist. This particular example is evidence that when one principle that has been encoded in our language, such as sexism, the implication for ‘reality’ can readily be seen. What we see in the world around us depends in a large part on the principles we have encoded in our language. And the programme for encoding and decoding those symbols, for translating and calculating, is set up by the language which we possess. The brain too can only deal in symbols and never known the ‘real’ thing. Also that our language is ‘only ever serving as an approximation’ suggesting he does not trust the system of order that has been constructed as it has no hard evidence. The author argues that language is a limitation to our world and constructs our reality, giving those in powers, in this case men, the ability to manipulate our world in the favour of themself. The central contention of the essay is the question of who decided on the division, organization and classification of our language and the understanding of how this creation was accomplished.

Man Made Language by Dale Spender