> Know what I hate? People who don't realize that "he" is the neuter pronoun in the English language. I don't know why I suddenly thought of this. But it bugs me.
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> In school, I wrote a paper for my sociology class, using "he" throughout, as that is gramatically correct. My professor actually told me I should change my wording to "he or she" in every instance. It is degrading to females, apparently, to use proper grammar.
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> Disney movies are also degrading to females, according to her. We didn't get along very well.
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> ~Mina "I know that's terribly relevant and all" moon

I have seen a new practice lately--one which acknowledges the problem without being insane about it. Some works use either "he" or "she" but in a continuous context where the individual referred to is clearly the same, the same pronoun is used... Overall, though, the two are used about evenly. It struck me as a bit odd at first, but I don't mind it now, and I would hope that it would be a satisfactory solution for those who care about such things.

Don "Every problem has a solution, but there is always somebody too unreasonable to accept it" Monkey