A subtle distinction in the way women are singled out by the language is evident in the way that the same personality (1) ______ trait is characterized approvingly for one sex and denigrated for the other. However, if a man is aggressive, he is considered (2) ______ a go-getter, a serf-starter, while a woman is considered pushy or a castrating bitch. If a woman consistently agrees to her (3) ______ boss, she will be thought bright, a man will be called a yes-man (4) ______ or an ass-licker. Many of these discrepancies involve in words that deal directly (5) ______ or indirectly in women’s sexuality. In fact, one linguist has (6) ______ even made the case "lady" is used as a euphemism for (7) ______ "woman," in that "woman’’ implies at sexuality, while "lady" (8) ______ is desexed. Certainly, "woman" is a word that can imply the presence not only of sex, but also of power, which "lady" cannot. A lady doctor or Ladies’ Lib would simply be incongruous. Although women are used harshly by language, they are not in their own turn allowed to using harsh language. Women’ s language (9) ______ in English, at least according to stereotype, does not contain swear words. Robin Lakoff distinguished another character (10) ______ of women’s speech, the tag-form sentence: a statement of fact undercut by a final question. "We are going tomorrow, aren’t we" "This is a terrific play, isn’t it" Even when a woman is assertive, she often shows token of apparent passivity, as ff all her assertions were only tentative.