{"id":626,"date":"2012-12-07T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/katherine-stephenson\/?page_id=626"},"modified":"2014-09-17T22:57:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T22:57:18","slug":"week-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/katherine-stephenson-mals\/week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"—Miller, Casey, and Swift,\u00a0The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing<\/em>\u00a0(19)<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is a “hag”?\u00a0 Is it “politically correct” to use this term?<\/p>\n

hag:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. An ugly old woman. 2. A witch : sorceress. 3. A woman demon.
\n—Webster’s Dictionary<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

hag:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Avoid because of its current pejorative meaning.\u00a0 Note, however, that this word’s root and older meanings were not derogatory–they referred to a mature wise-woman.
\n—Rosalie Maggio,\u00a0The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage\u00a0<\/em>(58)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

hag:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Originally “Holy Woman,” a cognate of Egyptian heg, a predynastic matriarchal ruler who knew words of power.\u00a0 Old English haegtesse, Old High German, hagzissa, which meant “harpy, witch,” or Female demon, an ugly repulsive old woman.\u00a0 It also formerly meant “an evil or frightening spirit” or “nightmare.”\u00a0 One must ask though ” ‘Evil’ by whose definition? ‘Frightening’ to whom? Whose nightmare?”\u00a0 Feminist contemporary definition derives from this archaic past.\u00a0 Hags may now be considered wise women of independent spirit.
\n—Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler, A Feminist Dictionary<\/em>\u00a0(185)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

hag:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Archaic:\u00a0 a Witch, Fury, Harpy who haunts the Hedges\/Boundaries of patriarchy, frightening fools and summoning Weird Wandering Women into the Wild.
\n—Mary Daly with Jane Caputi, Webster’s First New Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language<\/em> (137)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Required Readings<\/h3>\n