Green man or person?

[Tiddybiddy247]

I'm probably going to get crucified for this but I'm asking out of genuine curiosity and here for answers as it were.

Was in town this morning getting ready to cross the road with my toddler and I always say to him "let's wait for the green man" and then we shout "there he is let's go!" And cross the road. This morning another mum arrived next to us and heard me and gave me a kind a dirty look. She turns to her daughter and goes "we need to wait for the green person don't we? " But like with emphasis on the person. I didn't know what to think 🤔 on the one hand she has a point, it could very well be a woman in trousers, but it just doesn't look very feminine... also I've always called it the green man. I suppose I'm terribly old fashioned to be going around assuming genders?

And I now understand the significance of the male/female signs in Piccadilly Circus, which I have seen many, many times and also never given a second thought!

It’s always been the green man never heard it called green person.

We need to wait for the Hulk

Isn't that Anakin Skywalker at the top?

Prior to his little disagreement over the high ground with Obi-Wan Kenobi, I'll grant you, but he definitely looks like somebody who would have a much older, immeasurably wealthy leader as a girlfriend who then promptly decided to expire once her groomed from childhood bloke turned out to have issues.

The noun 'man' in the English language can be used interchangeably to mean either an adult male or all humans collectively, eg " the dawn of man"

The 'green man' is meant to represent anyone, so saying person or man is fine. Both these terms can be used where no gender is implied. There's therefore no need to stop saying 'green man'

This

Me too. Or at least a sighting of something strange on yon moors.

Has no one thought to ask their pronouns?