Quote Originally Posted by Watchman
I'd say it makes them the norm from which everything else (say, round half the humans on the planet...) is the expection.

I can kind of see why some people might find that annoying.
lol, I was making a joke Watchman. Actually, it makes the race of Men the NORM. It is he, or she, either way you could get people offended, and since in old English, man (not spelled like that), at first was NOT use to refer to the male sex, I guess it is something that carried over. I think it is kind of ridiculous to change it, as it neither exalts nor lowers men or women. Next thing I know you'll be saying that men walking behind women, opening doors for them, walking on the road side of the sidewalk, and other forms of respect are sexist ;).