Johannes Schindelin wrote: > It is all too easy for male readers such as myself to not even notice how > effortless it is to read text that includes you, whether by the pronoun > "he" or by avoiding any gendered pronoun altogether. I am a male reader, and I have no problem reading "she", as many other (presumably male) readers have stated as well. > In light of this experience, even if I generally agree with your point about > using "she/he" by default, I believe that Stolee's direction is more > diplomatic. Except in diplomacy you are supposed to work with your counterpart, not completely ignore it. *Nobody* has a problem with using "she/her" in the documentation, and yet you push for the option guaranteed to increase conflict. That the opposite of diplomacy. -- Felipe Contreras
