It is very important to use non-sexist language, even if a person does not have any discriminative intentions at all. Everyone, consciously or not, tends to assign masculine gender to terms, such as "man", even when this word is used for "human beings". "Man", amongst other expressions or grammatical constructions, should be avoided.
Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved, and it is a fact that our society has been a male-dominated society. Language is naturally changing along with society. …
