Your amusement seems to me to be based on a false assumption. "He" could be gender-neutral, and perhaps they're encouraging equality by ignoring the sex of the

Your amusement seems to me to be based on a false assumption. "He" could be gender-neutral, and perhaps they're encouraging equality by ignoring the sex of the referent. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1795518 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1795518