• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

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

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      8 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