[mapontosevenths]

Women who dress like Marlene Dietrich are also acceptable, but that's where I draw the line.

More seriously, I should have capitalized the "M" to make clear that it was Men, as in Mankind, but this is the internet in 2026 and most people are only semi-literate. I'm not certain it would have helped.

Especially if someone wants to be offended. You just can't stop them if that was their goal going into it.

[iamtedd]

There is a gender-indeterminate alternative: people.

Using "man" to refer to all people stopped being popular last century.

[mapontosevenths]

Popularity and correctness are unrelated concepts.

The word "Men" was gender neutral long before it became masculine, and Armstrong did not take "one giant leap for peoplekind".