Early in the modern feminism movement's opening forays (1972) I cordially and innocently asked a female coworker about some of the new terms being pushed in lawsuits and government actions to employers and schools and universities.
"So fireman is now going to be firefighter? And chairman is now chairperson or the chair? So what is happening is the term "man" is being eliminated from everything."
"Yes."
Read that somewhere you can’t call Girl Scout level “Brownie’s” because it’s considered offensive now.