If I Describe something as"Man made" am I being Sexist?

Question

Firefighters or once known as a fireman

Answer 1

No it isn't sexist. Everything of any worth has been made or invented by men. Therefore it is not sexist.

Firemen are still known as firemen. It's only the politically correct brigade who refer to them in any other way and you surely don't want to be associated with them

Answer 2

No, you're not sexist.  This quote is relevant to your example.

Man. Usage.

Many people think that the use of man to refer to 'human beings in general' is old-fashioned or sexist.  Alternate terms such as 'the human race or humankind may be used in some situations, but elsewhere  *  there are no established alternatives, for example for the term manpower.

* as in man-made.

Hope this has helped.

Answer 3

Well I decided long ago that the 'man' in man made came from Human neither male nor female just us people xx

Answer 4

no men usually make things so it should be man made, men originally were firefighters so yeah theyre called firemen, men go down man holes so there man holes, when a woman is happy to be knee high in c**p then well decide to change the name u til then its a man hole cover

Answer 5

Man= human

Man-made is simply human made. But they take off the "hu."

Answer 6

Difinitely no.