| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Objective of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-17页 |
| ·Gender and sex | 第11-12页 |
| ·Sexism | 第12-13页 |
| ·Language and gender research in the west | 第13-14页 |
| ·Language and gender research in China | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Sexism in English | 第17-38页 |
| ·The Controversial Man | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Generic He | 第19-22页 |
| ·Marked Woman and Unmarked Man | 第22-27页 |
| ·Derogatory Names for Women | 第27-31页 |
| ·Metaphors around Women | 第31-33页 |
| ·Deprecating Terms for Women in Proverbs | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Three Sexism in Chinese | 第38-48页 |
| ·The Origin and Formation of Chinese Characters | 第38-41页 |
| ·Sexism in Word Order | 第41-42页 |
| ·Diminished Names for Women | 第42-44页 |
| ·Generic Masculine Terms | 第44页 |
| ·Depreciated Women in Proverbs | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Four Similarities and Differences of Sexism in English and Chinese | 第48-69页 |
| ·Similarities of Sexist Phenomena in English and Chinese | 第48-51页 |
| ·Generic pronouns | 第48页 |
| ·Women’s nicknames | 第48-49页 |
| ·Negative connotations behind women’s names | 第49-51页 |
| ·Word order | 第51页 |
| ·Reasons for the Similarities of Sexism between English and Chinese | 第51-63页 |
| ·Patriarchal system and courtesy | 第51-54页 |
| ·The cultural reasons | 第54-59页 |
| ·The female imagery in the west | 第54-56页 |
| ·The female imagery in the east | 第56-59页 |
| ·Social reasons | 第59-63页 |
| ·Differences of Sexism between English and Chinese | 第63-69页 |
| ·Ideographic language and alphabetic language | 第63-65页 |
| ·Isolating language and inflecting language | 第65-69页 |
| Chapter Five Suggested Strategies of Improving Sexism in Language | 第69-73页 |
| ·Strategies of Improving Sexism in English | 第70-72页 |
| ·Strategies of Improving Sexism in Chinese | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79页 |
