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Originally Posted by J. Falcon
Well, traditionally we would use "he" in both cases, since "he" covers both men and women, but it's true to get around this issue and not sound sexists you could choose to use "They're." What I'm seeing are a lot of writers using "she" on purpose. And contrary to what Bladewire says, who apparently is clueless when it comes to the issue, the gender of who is doing the writing doesn't matter.
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English is not my first language, but in what world does "he" refer to both male and female genders? The way I learned it and recall it to be standard practice is when attempting to cover both genders in writing, you simply default to the "gentler" gender and that will cover both. Politeness in writing, if you will. It has nothing to do with being overly politically correct or being a feminist or any of that BS in my opinion, it's just polite. No more no less.
In short: My analysis of the situation is that you have way too much time on your hands.
Having said all this, I don't think any of this matters in the least bit.
ps. I agree that the easiest way to avoid the issue completely is simply to use plural.