> The usage doesn't need to spread beyond discussions of the term itself, because it was already being used long before these discussions. My mistake. I should

> The usage doesn't need to spread beyond discussions of the term itself, because it was already being used long before these discussions. My mistake. I should have known that someone would take the opportunity to mince words when we're on the topic of language and communication, if it would suit their goal. To be more concrete: I meant penetrate usage in writing in a contemporary setting. I don't know if it penetrated usage over a hundred years ago if it isn't relevant to written communication today. I communicate with people in this era, not with people from the past. Debating whether using a gendered pronoun obscures meaning or not implicitly refers to communication in this day and age, not the past.