It is historic language usage that "man" is both a gender and non-gender. In the abstract, it has no gender, as with "mankind." It comports with the German use of "man" as "one." To refer to the gendered individual in German, one uses "mann." The formation of English from Archaic French and Anglo-Saxon involved the complete drop of gendered nouns.
And, besides, we have no verb such as "womanned." I thought the age of Woke was over with.
Since I am an aerospace engineer, I was paid to be an expert on space travel. And I have wide-ranging interests, especially in the area of special effects. And in pareidolia (descrying by Rorschach blot). You can dispute or scoff, take your pick.
It is historic language usage that "man" is both a gender and non-gender. In the abstract, it has no gender, as with "mankind." It comports with the German use of "man" as "one." To refer to the gendered individual in German, one uses "mann." The formation of English from Archaic French and Anglo-Saxon involved the complete drop of gendered nouns.
And, besides, we have no verb such as "womanned." I thought the age of Woke was over with.
Never been to one. Spent my time designing launch vehicles, and viewing the real things at the U. S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Since I am an aerospace engineer, I was paid to be an expert on space travel. And I have wide-ranging interests, especially in the area of special effects. And in pareidolia (descrying by Rorschach blot). You can dispute or scoff, take your pick.