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    -2211 months ago

    It seems pretty clear that they mean “male” as they follow the mention of “man” up with “woman”.

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      2711 months ago

      no i mean, by the people ‘who consider it’. i think the speaksr didnt understand that theyre saying it’s mankind others are talkint abkut

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        -2211 months ago

        Oh but the word mankind in itself overlooks women. We’re all supposed to be saying humankind now.

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          1111 months ago

          etymologically speaking im not even sure if thats right. i heard somethibg like this and they either said woman doesnt derive from man or that man used to mean woman and man but woman became its own thing, cant recall

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            311 months ago

            “man” in the contexts not directly related to being a male, means human. “Man” used to have a prefix vaguely pronounced “were” and “woman” used to be “wifman”. Female werewolf would be a “wifwolf” then. So anyways, “Man” never changed it’s meaning, it really just gained an additional one, and yet again, whiners need to read a book.