Sexism in English

The essay "Sexism in English: A 1990s Update" written by Alleen Pace Nilsen, is very interesting. The authors believes that there is evidence that there is sexism in the English language. Based on her findings, it is very easy to assume that there is indeed sexism in English. In my opinion however, words are what we make them to be. When the English language was created there was in fact a lot of sexism. Today however, sexism has decreased substantially. If we look at these words as sexist, then that's what they'll be; but if we ignore the form in which they were created, then they are just words.