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[โ€“] Syldon@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was to make the male seem more important. Even in English the word "woman" comes from "wife man". Everything was about the pecking order in history. Gender bias was a major part of that.

[โ€“] Harrison@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

That's a misrepresentation of old English. Man used to be neutral, and was modified by were and wif respectively for man and woman. Wife comes from woman, not the other way around.