I once debated somebody on Twitter over this. I made him crumble.
My main point was that the term was universally understood. There was zero outcry over this word. Changing the way people speak on a term that has zero teeth is simply put a waste of time and energy.
He said we think in terms and gender. I said no we don't that is why catchalls exist in our language. Changing this is actually damaging to our language as it removes a harmless term which forces us to think in gender, which is of course thought control.
In the end, he started attacking me because his logic was invalid, that this was harming ladies when it wasn't. It was just a power grab. I laughed him off.
I once debated somebody on Twitter over this. I made him crumble.
My main point was that the term was universally understood. There was zero outcry over this word. Changing the way people speak on a term that has zero teeth is simply put a waste of time and energy.
He said we think in terms and gender. I said no we don't that is why catchalls exist in our language. Changing this is actually damaging to our language as it removes a harmless term which forces us to think in gender, which is of course thought control.
In the end, he started attacking me because his logic was invalid, that this was harming ladies when it wasn't. It was just a power grab. I laughed him off.