I want to give you the benefit of the doubt. So, a gentle reminder. There
are women out here too.
He doesn't appear to be a native English speaker; I doubt that he
meant to exclude women. He probably meant "people" or "folks"
rather than "men."
I expect he speaks English better than most of us speak French.
Or better than most of us know English:
Main Entry: man
1 a (1) : an individual human; especially : an adult male human...
b : the human race : MANKIND
c : a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) that is anatomically
related to the great apes ...
2 a : INDIVIDUAL, PERSON <a man could get killed there>
b : the individual who can fulfill or who has been chosen to fulfill
one's requirements <she's your man>