This is oversimplifying the etymology, but sort of, yes…
“Man” wasn’t really thought of as exclusively referring to “adult human male”, rather than “humanity collectively” until relatively recently, so… Also that.
Fuck, even in the 1940s, it was generally used (at least formally) in the broad sense of “human”, mostly, so…
It’s rather absurd how hung up on those three letters people have become. 🤦🏻♂️
"women" doesn't even come from "men" as a word. one is english. the other is french.
Yeah, it's like that old joke question "Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?"
Because the words parkway and driveway have different, unrelated origins.
no it isn't. it's because you're a racist, sexist, nazi bigot! now donate 10% of your annual income to me, or we'll label you as a nazi even more!
Parkway is also very rarely used outside North America. To avoid this confusion (at least partly. But also for other historical reasons)…
Kind of a cool idea, though, the original “parkway” concept.
“Driveway”, on the other hand…
There’s an Australian metal band called Parkway Drive. I’m not a fan, but I do know people who know them, and they’re huge, at the moment…
Anyway, obviously their name is an attempted pun, based on that whole thing…
This is oversimplifying the etymology, but sort of, yes…
“Man” wasn’t really thought of as exclusively referring to “adult human male”, rather than “humanity collectively” until relatively recently, so… Also that.
Fuck, even in the 1940s, it was generally used (at least formally) in the broad sense of “human”, mostly, so…
It’s rather absurd how hung up on those three letters people have become. 🤦🏻♂️