Universal gender denotation

Hmmmm.... Never heard.... for english is not my not first language. In your opinion, why is that happened? My Opinion? I think the word man referred to person because historically man have more power than woman, so he be the leader

So calling someone a 'wap' isn't racist after all? LOL. I can't see 'wifmen' taking off, however. It still has too much connection with those dreaded creatures (as far as feminists are concerned) called 'males.' The use of 'man' or 'men' for both men and women was common up until two or three decades ago. Certainly when I was a child/young person, we assumed it meant everybody.