If you'd read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English#Pronouns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English#Pr... as linked to fr

If you'd read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English#Pronouns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English#Pr... as linked to from your link, you would have seen that there has been issues caused by this style guideline actively preventing women from entering professions. Also, if you look at historical language, it has never in English to say that 'he' was gender neutral. It would be more correct to interpret it as "women are not real". See also "Mr and Mrs John Doe".