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> I'd have no objection to a singular gender-neutral word (which unfortunately doesn't exist in English). Yes it does. "He" is the gender neutral expression in
by bigstrat2003 3y ago
> I'd have no objection to a singular gender-neutral word (which unfortunately doesn't exist in English).
Yes it does. "He" is the gender neutral expression in English and has been since forever. It's just that politically correct people get bent out of shape about it.
- djur 3y agoIt isn't gender neutral, it's a gender default. Unless you think it would be correct for the student handbook at an all-girls school to read "every student shall store his books in his assigned locker".
- bigstrat2003 3y agoI do in fact think that would be correct.
- rvba 3y agoIt so weird that ships and boats somehow are female and are referred to using the word "she", when neutral gender "it" exists.
- dfawcus 3y agoThey are not female, they are an 'it', that is the correct grammatical form. Referring to them as women (hence 'she') is simply an affectation.