Feminists called into question the underlying sexism in language (e.g. mankind, chairman, mailman, etc) and some have even gone to the lengths of positing herstory as an alternative to history.

女权主义者质疑语言中潜在的性（例如类、主、员等）， 有些甚至竭尽全力将她的故事定位为历史的替代品。