"He" used to be gender neutral [1]. If readers stop worrying about gender so much then it would still work. We tolerate it in old writing like the bible and lit

"He" used to be gender neutral [1]. If readers stop worrying about gender so much then it would still work. We tolerate it in old writing like the bible and little quotes of the form "He who ... shall ..." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neutral_pronouns#Generic_he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neu...