Prevalent Ideologies in the Gikùyù Language that Contribute to the Stigmatization of the Involuntary Childless Women

In society, discourse is a key tool of power and control. If woman does not have children within her childbearing years, she stigmatised by society as deviant expected to bear raise children. Ideology are related in that they both come us through or reinforced the language we use on daily basis. As result, ideologies ingrained individuals employ. Therefore, ideology utilised support dominant notions stigmatise involuntary childless woman. The main focus this paper was prevailing stigmatisation women. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Fairclough Van Dijk served foundation for study. According CDA, several components such vocabulary, grammatical structure, semantics should be thoroughly evaluated, study took into account. Villages Othaya sub-county, Nyeri County, were selected using purposive sampling technique. They Karὶma, Mahiga, Chinga, Kairῠ-thὶ. Focus group discussions (FGDs) audio recording used researcher gather data. Five respondents from each four villages part FGDs totaling twenty After data collected, it recorded, examined, divided themes. will mostly help linguists because inform them about how much may social groups equip fight change when necessary. This discussion emphasise encourage curriculum developers incorporate lessons linguistic stigma, which useful researchers who concentrate gender issues well. study, attitudes created