> > Way to get around this: At the start, put something like "Unless stated, where 'he' is used, it should be taken to mean 'he or she'. This is not intended to convey in any way, shape or form that the female gender is inferior to the male gender."
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> I think what bugs me is that I shouldn't have to use a disclaimer to justify my proper grammar. Everyone should already *know* that "he" is the neuter pronoun.
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> ~Mina "don't they teach these things anymore?" moon

I always knew that "he" and "Man" (capital necessary) were neutral, but it was in a subconcious and unspoken sort sort of way. Whenever I refer to "Man" I mean "everyone throughout history." That's how the word's been used in the past. Whenever I refer to the all-encompassing "Man" I think I make it obvious to my audience what my meaning is through my inflection, connotation and by the knowledge among those who know me that I'm not sexist.

it bugs me that I have to change how I speak just because someone only recognizes one definition of a word that has many. It's like saying that the word "set" can only mean a group of related objects and not a verb synonymous with "place" or the name of an Egyptian deity.

10"lowercase-'m' man"Kan