A subtle distinction in the way women are singled out by the language is evident in the way that the same personality 【M1】______ trait is characterized approvingly for one sex and denigrated for the other. However, if a man is aggressive, he is considered 【M2】______ a go-getter, a serf-starter, while a woman is considered pushy or a castrating bitch. If a woman consistently agrees to her 【M3】______ boss, she will be thought bright, a man will be called a yes-man 【M4】______ or an ass-licker. Many of these discrepancies involve in words that deal directly 【M5】______ or indirectly in women's sexuality. In fact, one linguist has 【M6】______ even made the case 'lady' is used as a euphemism for 【M7】______ 'woman,' in that 'woman'' implies at sexuality, while 'lady' 【M8】______ 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 【M9】______ in English, at least according to stereotype, does not contain swear words. Robin Lakoff distinguished another character 【M10】______ 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. 【M1】