> In most editorials and articles I've read, it seems like they just generally try to avoid the problem, by using plurals to make their writing gender neutral. It limits their possibilities somewhat, but it's bland enough not to offend anyone.

This is what bugs me the most. It's technically okay to use the "he or she" construction- awkward and unecessary, I think, but technically correct. But using a plural as a singular neuter pronoun is *always* wrong (Hehee- you did it in your post! Can you spot it? ^_^) and I don't think it's a good solution at all.

Darien tells me using "she" as the neuter is also always wrong, but I don't know about that.

~Mina "getting sick of grammar now" moon