Our understanding of the world is shaped by the words we use to describe it. Those words we use are born from existing words. Those related words are informed by the very concepts and objects they describe. Words do not exist in a vacuum. They do not inhabit the rarified atmosphere of a grammarian's sterile rule book.
Words have weight, texture and form.
They have provenance. Its provenance is irreparably male. Language, sociologists tell us, is the most profound and effective means of control society exerts over us. The words we use structure our thought and our reality, they help form our opinions and mould our attitudes. Whether we like it or not, television now provides visions of the future for more people than all the SF novels put together.