The words you use can communicate personal, social, or political prejudice. Nowhere more so than in the case of words containing ‘man’.
audience
When you speak to someone, or present them with words to read, you are, to a degree, intruding upon their lives. This is particularly true if your audience is unknown to you personally. If you choose the right words you can get them on your side, but if you choose the wrong words you can [...]