From the female point of view the use of the male pronoun is normal and doesn't bother me one bit. So long as the sentence makes sense who the hell cares?

There are no two ways about it. The word "man" refers to the species as well as the subset of males within that species.

So when a woman strongly suggests that all men are pigs - she is really referring to both men amd women?

I will leave it to you to explain this to the next irate woman who declares this............And to the rightly offended pigs.