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by jadyoyster 3807 days ago
I very rarely see native English speakers use "he" as a gender neutral pronoun. It's usually plural they (when stating generalities) or singular they [0]. I find singular they much less ambiguous and sexist than "he" and you'll rarely find someone taking issue with its use, something that cannot be said about generic "he" as can be seen above.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

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I typically only see they being used when it's not about a specific person. It's hard and strange to use 'they' when you know the name of the person you are talking about.