As far as I can tell that was never in style. Historically man and he have been used a universal gender neutral pronouns. In most latin languages this is spel

As far as I can tell that was never in style. Historically man and he have been used a universal gender neutral pronouns. In most latin languages this is spelled out clearly as proper grammar (e.g., French). In English it has been left ambiguous. That said, one clearly is making the conscious choice to swim against the tide when specifically using 'she' for this purpose, so it's going to distract some people. Though I agree far less than he/she and (s)he. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English