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...African study monographs october the semantics of female devaluation in igbo proverbs obododimma oha english department university ibadan abstract paper focuses on subjugation and derogation as forms gurative communication with didactic functions studied conversations were found to possess evidences male attempt at maintaining con trol over discourse society representations womanhood are mainly negative women typically portrayed being senseless morally debased devil ish childish weak fact that these stereotypes have been encoded a form com munication usually respected highly valued culture suggests degree rhetoric has masculinized studies oral literature especially dominated cultures need pay attention role oriented sig nies prejudice hostility toward social key words proverb masculinity femininity language inertial mass is like inherit their place speakers we drag vast obsolescence behind us even rejected much it intellectually slows down gun sex biased may be rusty but there greater ...