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Similar in spirit is the less-used term herstory in place of history.
Some point to these terms, especially the lesser-used ones, as an example of political correctness run amok and of so-called "anti-male gender bigots" . Those who promote them, on the other hand, argue that language shapes perceptions and ideas about gender and gender roles, and in its current form does not greatly value women. Thus, some feminists see these sorts of words as the beginnings of a movement to correct these inherent biases in language. However, some would cite George Orwell's 1984 as a reason to be suspicious of any attempt to "correct" language and the degree to which language affects thought has found little empirical support in studies testing the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.