> I'm aware that technically he/him are both gender neutral, as they derive from "human"(Latin) and not "man"(German). No they don't. "He" is from Proto-German

> I'm aware that technically he/him are both gender neutral, as they derive from "human"(Latin) and not "man"(German). No they don't. "He" is from Proto-Germanic *hi- http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=he http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=he And even if it was derived from that word, words change mening over time so the current meaning could be radically different from the ancient meaning. For example, "silly": http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=silly http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=silly > the preferred language today is using the 3rd person as the gender neutral pronoun "he", "she", "it" and "they" are all 3rd person pronouns. I'm guessing you meant the 3rd person plural pronoun ("they"). The singular they is actually quite old, dating from the 15th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neutral_pronouns#Singular_they https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neu...