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Fran takes issue with feeble substitutions for the word 'man' when it is used to represent our collective humanity. She argues that this fixation on the literal, gendered meaning of the word is the result of a narrow reading. She asks that we invoke a higher perspective and thereby restore to 'man' its proper significance. -Editor
Man: noun
- an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- a member of the species Homo Sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex: prehistoric man
- the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind: Man hopes for peace, but prepares for war.
- a human being; person: to give a man a chance; When the audience smelled the smoke, it was every man for himself.
- a husband
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