Ah, now, that *is* sexist in the extreme. A hunt for a more politically correct term must be put under way immediately.

Be MANnerly and don't use the word again until further notice, or one of the language purists will surely either MANhandle or MANgle you severely or - who knows - give you a MANicure which will prevent you from picking up objects with inappropriate names for a good while ;-))

Anyway, this quest for hunting up new names for any number of things and concepts reminds me of an old song (Danish) in which the milkmaids formed an association with the sole purpose of changing their age-old job title. No more were they to be known as milkmaids. Instead they wanted to be "Cow teat grip, squeeze & release assistants" ;-))