On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:02:19 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Rune <aut### [at] runevisioncom> wrote:
>> >  1) Use the established gender-neutral pronoun "he" which has been
>> >  used
>> > in that role for a long time. Forget *why* it was chosen as the
>> > generic pronoun hundreds of years ago. That's not relevant today.
> 
>> 4) Use either "he" or "she" as a gender-neutral pronoun; whichever one
>> you prefer, as long as it is used consistently within the text.
> 
>   What's the difference (except that "she" sound weird)?

Doesn't sound weird to me.  And there's not much of a difference, really, 
except that in a male-dominated society using the masculine pronoun as a 
neuter pronoun does reinforce masculine "superiority".

There's nothing wrong with having a little sensitivity for your audience.

Jim

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