Avoiding Clichés and Sexist Language

Each of the following sentences uses sexist language or a cliché. Identify the sexist language or clichés.

For help with this exercise, see sections 20e and 20f of Focus on Reading and Writing.

  1. Question

    We want our milk and cream fresh as a daisy, so they have been pasteurized and homogenized.

    A.
    B.

  2. Question

    Of course, these are the products the mother wants for her growing family.

    A.
    B.

  3. Question

    To add insult to injury, Americans drinking European milk even declare it doesn’t taste like “real milk.”

    A.
    B.

  4. Question

    The butter seems hard as a rock and tasteless.

    A.
    B.

  5. Question

    Since these nonpreserved products don’t have a long shelf life, our hard-pressed housewife would have to go shopping often.

    A.
    B.