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When ‘man’ didn’t mean humanity: How language excluded women for centuries
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The linguistic debates about the creation of humans, which shaped whether the word ‘mankind’ was understood to include women, emerged from the two very different creation accounts in the Book of Genesis. (Unsplash)
When ‘man’ didn’t mean humanity: How language excluded women for centuries
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Earlier this year, the director general of assessments of Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. He explained that the anti-feminist movement is becoming inc…
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