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Re: Proofreading of a part of a document about "gender neutrality"



> "The world is made up of both men and women. Please use gender-neutral
> constructs in your writing. This is not Political Correctness, this is
> showing respect to all mankind."
> 
> And in fact, I'd like  to lose "mankind", too, and replace it with
> "humanity" or "people".


Is this because it contains "man" or because this is a better English
word for what I would write in French "Humanité", which represents the
community of men and women around the world?




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