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by mindcrime 4691 days ago
Why not simply use a neutral descriptor instead of a gendered one?

Because English doesn't really have gender-neutral, singular pronouns? You're down to artificial sounding language full of "one" and "they" and "their" or using invented pronouns that aren't in widespread use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neut...