Yeah. You’re right, as are some of the other jellies. I am clearly over-anxious.
I have been thinking about this since I asked the question, asking myself why this is still bothers me enough that I would bring it up. I remembered that when I was in 2nd grade (1957), my forward-thinking teacher told my class about certain sexist language, saying that some day, it would end. Well, I was little, full of hope and idealism, and I thought she intended it would end before I was an adult. Here I am, 61 years later, and it isn’t even close to ending?
I’m tired. Very tired. Words are a big deal to me, and I have the mistaken idea that they have meaning. I have the mistaken idea that within a singular language, within an area (U.S.A.), common words have common meanings. Instead, I find that those common words are acceptable to be used to belittle people. Waaalll, our non-white friends know this well, having lived with it, with strong violence, for centuries, and I am making a big deal out of the incorrect usage of “he” and “men.” Oh, get over it, Qav. This is really nothing by comparison.