What a sexist language!

I'm talking about English of course!  So many of the words in the English language apply to only one gender.  You know what I'm talking about.  Policeman, fireman, mailman, man hole cover, manmade, mankind... just to name a few.  This is a problem.

Some of you may say "Hey! The English language is androcentric! It has been since its inception. There's really nothing we can do about it!"  Others may say, "Hey! We can't be the only ones who have an androcentric language!" neither of these are good excuses NOT to do something.

Here's why, admittedly the English language has been androcentric for a while. However the English language has seen many revisions over the years.  Don't believe me?  Go open a Shakespearean play or sonnet.  Changes in the language happen colloquially and eventually become the norm.  So change is possible.

As for English not being the only androcentric language, I'm sure it's not! But it's our language! We should make the effort to correct what is wrong with it!

So how do we fix this?  Well sometimes its easy.  Say firefighter instead of fireman, police officer instead of policeman, mail carrier instead of mailman.  Instead of man kind, humanity; man made, fabricated.  Not so hard.  (I have some personal objections against saying server instead of waiter/waitress though that's simply because server sounds too close to servant for my taste)

Now the real problem lies with finding an appropriate substitute for  generic pronouns (ie. It is important for the customer to pay before he leaves the store with his items) .  He or she, he/she, s/he are all too inefficient, and the media and business world is too male dominated for the use of one's own gender as a pronoun (I would use he, while Carmerio would use she) to be effective.  Some suggest that gynocentric language should be adopted since 52% of the world's population is female. This doesn't seem fair either.  Our language should not favour either gender. 

Greek and Latin found good ways of getting around this issue.  The Greek solution comes in the form of the prefix anthropo-.  However this does not work as a pronoun.  The Latin solution is no more feasible (for obvious reasons) as it is Homo, as in Homo Sapiens, Homo Erectus.

I have no clue what the solution may be, but I think the internet is the best forum for the creation of a new word, because where else are all the english speakers of the world able to convene?

Any ideas? Post them!