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> An expert human player is an expert precisely because her mind automatically identifies ... The "Patronizing 'Her'" Almost invariably, when the author decid

> An expert human player is an expert precisely because her mind automatically identifies ... The "Patronizing 'Her'" Almost invariably, when the author decides to use the patronizing 'her' instead of the gender-neutral 'they' it's written by a man.

meroes 8y ago
'They' isn't used as a singular pronoun in many style guides, including the New Yorker's but nice try.
pie_hacker 8y ago
Not in my experience... I have noticed that people who exclusively use "his" rather than "her" or "their" tend to be men though.