[Affric]

> used for thousands of year (in the context of scientific writing)

The Middle English word was "mannen" and in old english "mann" meant roughly the same as we mean with "human" now, i.e. without respect to sex.

I don't think the paragraph will be looked back on as anything except a sign of troubled political times (rather than communicating anything of use with regards to the information in the article) but what you've written is incorrect.

[NhanH]

I don’t mean the exact term “men”, just the generic word that is used to describe the concept of men.

[Affric]

Seems like you're redefining the term right now to better suit your argument.