Thursday, July 9, 2020

GENDER INEQUALITY - WHY NOT?


The history of language and culture in civilisation belongs to the men's world because they were the builders and breadwinners, thus gender-biased in words. 

Women want equality, why not give their equivalents  to be fair.

batman                      batwoman
boycott                      girlcott
cavemen                    cavewomen (correctly)
fellowman                 fellowoman
femicide                    manicide 
gentleman                 gentlewoman (correctly)
girlie                          boylie
helmsman                  helmswoman
man-about-town        woman-about-town
man ape                     woman ape
man in the sweet       woman in the street
mandarin                    womandarin
man-day                     woman-day
man-eater                   woman-eater
man-Friday                woman-Friday
mango                        womango
manhandle                  woman  handle (correctly)
manhole                      womanhole
manhood                     womanhood (correctly)
man-hour                    woman-hour
manhunt                      womanhunt
man jack                      womanjack
mankind                       womankind (correctly)
manly                           womanly (correctly)
mannequin                   womannequin
manning                       womanning
manual                          womanual 
man of God                  woman of God
man of letters               woman of letters
man of straw                woman of straw                
man of the cloth           woman of the cloth
man of the house          woman of the house
man of the world          woman of the world
man-of-war                   woman-of-war
man on horseback         woman on horseback
manor                            womanor
man-of-war bird            woman-of-war bird
manpack                        womanpack
man power                     woman power (correctly)
manservant                    woman servant (correctly)
man-size                         woman size (correctly)
manslaughter                  woman slaughter (correctly)
mantrap                           woman trap (correctly)
manward                         woman ward (correctly)
manwise                          womanwise
menfolk                           womenfolk (correctly)
menhir                             womenhir
menopause                      womenopause
menstruation                   womenstruation
menswear                        womenswear (correctly)
sportsman                        sportwoman (correctly)
superman                         superwoman (correctly)
womanising                     manising



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