Identify the main points of the Sherryl Kleinman's article "Why Sexist Language Matters."

Sherryl Kleinman begins by saying that sexist language is one of the least understood
areas of feminist discourse. She singles out the popular expression "you guys" as one
to which most people never give a second thought. However, such expressions, while not intended
offensively, reinforce the idea of "man" as the abstract and default. Kleinman refers
to a thought experiment by Douglas R. Hofstadter in which he substituted racist terms for sexist
ones to show that a sentence such as "All men are created equal" was really as
exclusionary as "All whites are created equal."

Kleinman suggests
that women accept and embrace such terms as "you guys" because they want to be
included. She cites the example of a fraternity which began to accept women, in which the new
female members preferred to be called "brothers" (as all members had traditionally
been called) rather than "sisters." She points out that it is invariably an insult for
a boy or man to be called a woman or a girl. Women should...