One Important influence on our language in the past decade has been the changing role of woman in modern society. There was a time when an unmarried woman was called a spinster. But that was before woman went into space in rockets, worked under ground in mines, and became managers of corporations. As woman entered more and more areas that were once thought of as men's jobs, it became necessary to change the job ttles. For example, a mailman is now a mail carrier, a watchman is a guard, a lineman is a line repairer. And the man of the year? Well, she's the newsmaker of the year.these new attitudes have also helped men, and some job titles have been changed to include them. Stewardesses are now called flight attendants. A laundress is a laundry worker, and a maid is a houseworker, because men wash familiar part of everyday life. Women have fought long and hard to be treated equally in language as well as in society, because they know that changes in language can cause changes in attitudes. If every person isn't referred to as he, people will begin to realize that men aren't the only ones who are important or who have made great achievements. Most words that indicate only one gender have been replaced with words that refer to both males and females. Thus, a poetess is called a poet, a waitress is a server, and mankind has became humankind.