@float....It is only English. Other languages do not suffer from such insanities. Deutsch = Lehrer (male teacher) Leherin (female teacher) they dearly love their little differences, in Die Muttersprache.
One of the silliest is chairperson. Chairman does not imply male or female. It comes from the Latin. manus = a hand; thus, to manage.
With all these minority groups ranting on about their particular perversion, and demanding the language be changed to suit them. I really fear it is too late for English. Although it does make me wonder, what all those mad matelots were really up to, cavorting around the high-seas, in the Rainbow Warrior. Indeed!
