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From the Daily Caller: Dr. Mae Jemison, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut, derailed an interview with CBS host Vladimir Duthiers on Monday after he used the word “mankind.”
Duthiers asked Jemison to explain why Blue Origin’s eleventh space tourism launch, which carried several celebrities, benefited “mankind,” which prompted the former astronaut to demand that he say “humankind” instead. Duthiers could be heard apologizing during the interview for using a commonly used term and corrected himself to say “humankind.”
“Explain to our audience why even a trip like this one, [why] all the trips we take into space benefit mankind?” Duthiers said.
“Uh, so it benefits humankind and I’m gonna keep correcting the ‘mankind’ and the ‘manmade’ and the ‘man-missions’ because this is exactly what this mission is about is expanding the perspective of who does space,” Jemison said.
WATCH BELOW:
🚨WATCH: Former astronaut Mae Jemison gets TRIGGERED when CBS reporter uses the term “mankind.”
“Humankind. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” pic.twitter.com/bQIbAssVk6
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 14, 2025
The exchange is prompting mockery on social media, with several pointing out that the word “human” also includes “man.”
“From now on. When we speak of Humans. We must call them Hu only,” one person mocked.
“”MANkind” literally came from shortening “huMANkind”,” another person noted.
Others noted the wild hypocrisy.
“Wait, what? I thought the sexes were interchangeable? Men can women, women can be men! So, what difference does it make if you use mankind, womankind or humankind?” wrote X user Todd McLaughlin.
Wait, what? I thought the sexes were interchangeable? Men can women, women can be men! So, what difference does it make if you use mankind, womankind or humankind?
— Todd McLaughlin (@toad64mc) April 14, 2025
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