[janto]

To understand that terms like mankind already refer to all humanity is a small part of it. Another part is that communication serves us in finding suitable mates and manipulation of language towards social goals is likely to have outcomes that are eventually counter to what is meaningful to us as individuals.

I'd also disagree that expanding a language carefully is what is being done here. It is unlikely towards the goal of expressing ourselves more clearly.

[languageserver]

This is exactly why people are aiming to change this forced behavior. Language reflects society and the only reason why male terms are considered "general" by some parts of the population is because men for centuries repressed the female populations and the non-binary.

this is unfortunately one of those times where "I have no opinion" is an opinion

[janto]

You clearly have an opinion. Are you saying I should not? I don't follow.

Forcing a change in language towards social agreeableness while using a lens of "there is only power" will have bad consequences.