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I don't think we're operating under the same impression of bad faith. You seem to be using it to mean "an argument or line of reasoning I don't find compelling", where I am using it to mean "bringing up a line of argument or discussion for some reason other than participating".

So to circle back around on this, some people feel like using male as the default gender is rude and exclusionary. Try assuming people are women, just as an experiment, and see what sort of push back you get. This isn't in any way a bad faith argument.