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I really dislike the fake and pretentious "politically correct" style that refers to anonymous people in typically male-dominated occupations (in this case, management) with feminine grammatical person (she), to "balance" things. It is simply dishonest and implies to me that the professional honesty of the speaker is, at least, questionnable.


If 1 in 5 managers are female should 1 in 5 pronouns? :)

People seem to have forgotten that "him" is the long-standing traditional way to refer to an unknown person. In Spanish, for example, "ellos" can refer to "them (male)", "them (mixed or indetermine gender)", or "them (inanimate objects)"




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