In times of war and also at a time when we really need to come together and help rebuild cities and states from disasters, some civil rights groups continue to introduce and push us to " think in new ways” creating “the possibility of a new reality” (Kleinman 396). The claim is that sexism in the English language has harmed women. Is the statement true? I think not! As Americans, we study our history hoping not to repeat the mistakes made in the past. Perhaps in the past, "man" has harmed women, denied women some human rights that every person should receive, and set them back years on the social ladder, but words alone these days do not have the same drawbacks . The statement was a vindication of the past. The words in Kleinman's essay, Why Sexist Language Matters, focused on potentially sexist words, but very little credit was given to the evolution from the past, where the words perhaps prevented women from succeeding, to the present, where women are now women with power. with more modern titles. Again, I disagree with Kleinman that sexism in the English language still harms women to this day. English is a living language, just like Latin and many other languages. Consider the history of the word "man." Old English scholars wrote in a way in which the word man meant "a human being" and the prefixes wyf and wer (when put together, woepman and wifman) for male and female. A few generations later, Middle English dropped the prefix woep so male and female were considered part of what was later known as the so-called generic "man". “Man” stood for “all people” and at the same time “a male human being.” Wyfman became "a female human being" and then woman was born. Yes, later in English, as the language evolved further as compound words arose, we had terms like president, policeman, fireman, lineman and others. Many assumed that the generic term "man" included everyone. According to Old English, as stated above, "man" meant to include both sexes. Later, in the 1990s, other women challenged these existing terms. The trend of the 1990s was one where many women became successful, some of whom became CEOs, presidents of companies and many other higher positions on the social ladder..