On the 13th October, Jennifer Lawrence posted on her Facebook page a text with the purpose of inform the aspiring female stars that the show-business is men-dominated.
She poured out her emotions, criticizing the currently jet set and the Sony company.
Her post is full of linguistic features typically used by women, but she actually uses even male ones.
The actress uses words like 'adorable', or 'likable', that immediately make us think that who is speaking is a female.
'I'm over trying to find the "adorable" way to state my opinion and still be likable'.
In this sentence, it's evident the use of sarcasm: the word adorable, written with the inverted commas, make the audience think that she is criticizing the way that her collaborators are considering her opinion (and the other female-stars ones).
Jennifer states her point of view using linguistic features with the purpose of make her seem really direct and honest and confident with the audience. These are mainly used by males.
'I'm even the asshole who didn't do anything about the ice-bucket challenge', 'I should have written a check, but I fucking forgot, okay?', 'I want to be honest and open and, fingers crossed, not piss anyone off'', 'A few weeks ago at work, I spoke my mind and gave my opinion in a clear and no-bullshit way', 'When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with dicks', 'Fuck that!'.
All these phrases make the reader focus on what Jennifer is saying, because she express herself using dysphemisms, blunt and socially unacceptable words or sentences. As a consequence, the audience is more likely to remember the concepts expressed very directly and with swears.
Generally speaking, men tend to use a language enriched with dysphemisms, because they are usually more direct, avoiding details, and get the point immediately.
On the other hand,one of the stereotypes linked to the female gender is that women are generally rambling, because they take care a lot about details and secondary information.
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