Hear me out.
The sole existence of "man-only-by-default" words is a reminder of how things were and how they should not be. By making these words "gender neutral" instead of "man-only", we allow people to forget about gender of their interlocutors, effectively removing importance from the gender.
While picking up specific "inclusive" words forces people to keep the genders in mind all the time.
"This conversation is for men only", "woman should not do that" - are sexist.
As well as "use special greeting around me because I am a woman", "include more women in this conversation" and "this is not a place for a man" are also sexist.
The only way to fight sexism is to exclude gender out of equasion where it is not dictated by the actual physical differences. The rest only perpetuates the problem.
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Hear me out.
The sole existence of "man-only-by-default" words is a reminder of how things were and how they should not be. By making these words "gender neutral" instead of "man-only", we allow people to forget about gender of their interlocutors, effectively removing importance from the gender.
While picking up specific "inclusive" words forces people to keep the genders in mind all the time.
"This conversation is for men only", "woman should not do that" - are sexist.
As well as "use special greeting around me because I am a woman", "include more women in this conversation" and "this is not a place for a man" are also sexist.
The only way to fight sexism is to exclude gender out of equasion where it is not dictated by the actual physical differences. The rest only perpetuates the problem.