Question

Hello Honorable Rabbi,
 
A few days ago, a letter from the Bezalel school was published:
To the striking female and male students,
We, the female and male lecturers at Bezalel, wish to express our deep solidarity with your struggle for home and freedom, in the face of police violence and settler violence, the fruit of government policy, which have found especially sharp expression in the events of recent days in Sheikh Jarrah, Damascus Gate, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
We understand very well the difficulty of studying in institutions of the conquering and oppressive people in general, and all the more so in these days.
At the same time, faithful to our role as female and male teachers, and Out of a belief in the power of higher education to contribute to social and political change, we commit to finding a way to help you continue your studies as much as you wish and as much as possible, even under the current conditions.
We call on all the female and male lecturers at Bezalel to join this call or to voice their support for the struggle.
 
I would like to understand the chauvinism embedded here. Why do the writers refer to themselves in both feminine and masculine language, in order to give proper representation to all genders, while my public they simply call “settlers”?
Why do they ignore me, a settler in every sense, with all my limbs and sinews, heart and soul?
Why is my dear public represented in their eyes as an exclusively male public? What about the girls, the teenage girls, and the women? Do we not exist?
I would be glad if you could explain to me how feminism works only on their side.
 
Thank you very much