Ask if the class can come up with ideas of where the term may have originated and how it has changed today. Evaluate students' class participation, small group lists, and behavior during group work. In the past, men's jobs were identified by certain titles such as, policeman, fireman, draftsman, etc. As times changed, so did the job titles and words used to describe people. Women cannot be police men or fire men or fresh men in college.
Some words are stubborn.
Each tells us a little about history and power. Foremen and chairmen. Although these gender-biased labels reflect our past more accurately than the present, they are still used. This is not true. Let's try a label reversal.