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1. webb (w@arachnid.town)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 09:05:58 JST webb
   >policeperson
   I thought "man" was gender neutral in this context, like "mankind."
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 09:05:56 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • anemone
     @animeirl @w it started with the feminists hating everything "man", and it is currently with the current gender thing
   • anemone (animeirl@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 09:05:57 JST anemone

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     it is depending on who you ask
   • anemone (animeirl@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 09:14:57 JST anemone

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     • cool_boy_mew
     "man" etymologically meant "human" but the male prefix eventually got dropped, presumably due to the whole "male as default" cultural thing the west has had going on but now that's no longer acceptable but I think it would be difficult to get people to go back to using werman and wifman even though it'd be cool
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