[eska]

How is that different from the status quo?

Currently we say “der Bürger“ for a citizen of unknown or male sex. „der“ is male, so certain people perceive sexism.

The plural for citizens of unknown, male or female sex is „die Bürger“. „die“ is female. Yet in this case no one perceives it as sexism.

The proposal you refer to just removes the former while leaving the latter. By this logic of „the (der) spoon“ being sexist, it’s now just become sexist towards men?

Add to this the fact that German has words to refer specifically to „female citizens“, „female doctors“ etc, but not for men, they’re generic. Yet no one complains.