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But when writing documentation, you are unaware of who it is for, so it would be a valid use of gender neutral he, correct?
by sontek 13y ago
But when writing documentation, you are unaware of who it is for, so it would be a valid use of gender neutral he, correct?
- auganov 13y agoYep. But the gender undefined pronoun would be the male pronoun. So while semantically it would be gender neutral, from an overall perspective it's still male-centric. And we might want to have a way to refer to humans in a completely gender neutral way without ever having to explicitly specify it. But still, I guess using 'he' as a universal pronoun would be the most elegant solution. Although you can imagine some not liking it's historical baggage.