Lakhasly

Thereis,ofcourse,anotherexclusionthatismadeviatheculturalmodelfor"bachelor."If men become "eminently marriageable" when they stay unmarried beyond the usual age, then this can only be because we have assumed that after that age there is a shortage of "desirable" men and a surplus of women who want them, women who aren't "eminently marriageable," or, at least, not as "eminently marriageable" as the men. Hence, we get the most common cultural model associated with "spinster."But this word is not used in terms of a definition, but rather against a set of social and cultural assumptions that constitute a cultural model.

Thereis,ofcourse,anotherexclusionthatismadeviatheculturalmodelfor“bachelor.”If men become “eminently marriageable” when they stay unmarried beyond the usual age, then this can only be because we have assumed that after that age there is a shortage of “desirable” men and a surplus of women who want them, women who aren’t “eminently marriageable,” or, at least, not as “eminently marriageable” as the men. Hence, we get the most common cultural model associated with “spinster.”

6.1 Bachelors
 Fillmore’sexampleraisesanotherimportantpointthatfurthershowsuptheconnection between cultural models and “politics.”Thanks to feminism, lots of people have become consciously aware of the cultural model behind the word “bachelor.” Many have come to reject it, thereby either dropping the word or changing its meaning.
 Forexample,manypeoplenowusetheword“bachelor”forunmarriedwomen,thus, giving the word new situated meanings and applying it against a new cultural model. Other people use a word like “spinster” as a badge of honor and respect, once again creating new situated meanings and cultural models.
 The“bite”ofFillmore’sexampleisthis:ifanywordinEnglishseemstohaveaclear “definition,” it is a word like “bachelor.” But this word is not used in terms of a definition, but rather against a set of social and cultural assumptions that constitute a cultural model.