[socialismisok]

Language is moving towards a disambiguation between male (as a kerotype or body plan) and man (as a social concept of what it is to be 'manly' in that society.)

This evolution of language has been very rapid in some circles, and slow in others, but everyone uses it to some degree.

For example, when people say, "Be a man!" Or "man up!", they aren't saying, "show your adult male body".

They are saying, "meet our standards for what a man in our culture is!" Mulan's famous song, "I'll make a man out of you" has nothing to do with chromosomes or penises. It has everything to do with the social side of the term "man".

So at the very least, the word man is ambiguous and could mean adult male or it could mean someone who is manly in behavior.

[xigoi]

> Language is moving towards a disambiguation between male (as a kerotype or body plan) and man (as a social concept of what it is to be 'manly' in that society.)

No, some people are artificially trying to create this distinction. In normal speech, “man” and “male” are pretty much interchangeable.

> For example, when people say, "Be a man!" Or "man up!", they aren't saying, "show your adult male body".

They're saying “show properties that are traditionally associated with males”. These stereotypes have to place in modern society and I find it appalling that the people who claim to want equality are continuing to perpetuate them.