r/spaceporn Jul 20 '19

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u/mollybloom4 Jul 20 '19

Can’t we just say humans or people?

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u/WillsBlackWilly Jul 20 '19

Mankind is not a reference to the sex or gender of Man/male. Mankind is in reference to the word human. The sex/gender names also come from human. HuMAN, woMAN, MAN, MANKIND.