On Saturday 21 August 2004 00:56, Christian Perrier wrote: > > "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? Interestingly enough, "humanity" has "man" in it too, but like "mankind", its origins have nothing to do with gender. -- Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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