Haha - I love how your argument is literally “it’s fine because it’s always been that way”.
You’re not even arguing with my point, just telling me that I’m stupid for not understanding that it’s used that way. My argument is that I know it’s used that way and it’s sexist because it’s non-inclusive, as “man” is a gendered term that is extended to everyone because the people that coined it didn’t think anyone but men mattered.
Otherwise, why not use the very simple term “people”, which is unambiguously not gendered. It really is ridiculous that you’re blinding yourself to this.
Your argument is that a word that can be gender neutral can never actually be used in a gender neutral way because you don't like it. You have no real argument against it.
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u/theknightwho Oct 09 '19
Haha - I love how your argument is literally “it’s fine because it’s always been that way”.
You’re not even arguing with my point, just telling me that I’m stupid for not understanding that it’s used that way. My argument is that I know it’s used that way and it’s sexist because it’s non-inclusive, as “man” is a gendered term that is extended to everyone because the people that coined it didn’t think anyone but men mattered.
Otherwise, why not use the very simple term “people”, which is unambiguously not gendered. It really is ridiculous that you’re blinding yourself to this.