Naming Enhances Awarness

In class we engaged in a conversation on how language shapes awareness. One of the areas under this topic that was discussed was how naming in particular creates awareness.
This is a topic that is very rarely talked about, but when looked at in more detail it made me think more about it. Our class text book Gendered Lives gives the example of Sexual Harassment. While there are many different ways a person can be "sexually harassed" it was essential for society to develop new terms to describe everything that can be under  the category of Sexual Harassment. The same exact thing can be said about the term "rape" as we discussed in class. Now that there are different types of rape such as date rape and marital rape as a society we can distinguish which type it is and I believe makes it easier for officials of law enforcement and judges to punish these offenders accordingly.
Naming is a great way to enhance ones understanding of a concept especially regarding gender related topics. As for myself and I'm sure for most others as well, I don't know how to address a certain being that is different than I am. The thing I know is one, I am a man and I also know everything that I believe and everything that I stand for individually.
When I'm introduced to someone that is different than I am I and once again probably a lot of others as well don't quite know how to address that particular being and in the end that can cause for problems. Without naming society doesn't have necessarily  the needed recognition to a concept that is different. I think a good example of this would be stereotyping a particular person. I mean think about it, how easy is it to make assumptions on people based on their outward appearance? If everything had a name to it therefore I believe it would be more commonly recognized and maybe not accepted, but at least understood by others.
Doesn't everyone wish life had an "easy button," I know I do. Naming indeed creates awareness and in a sense flips on that easy button. By naming things as a society we can more effectively acknowledge it. A great example of how naming creates awareness is the term, "androgynous." The tern refers to those who have both masculine and feminine traits. Before the term there was no other name for these types of people which would lead others to stereotype them and call them names such as queer, gay, fag, and the list could go on and on, but the important thing is that these people now have a term to describe them which would prevent these stereotypes and would in essence make them feel more secure about themselves.
Naming does not only just create awareness to something different, but naming flips on the easy button in life.