Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 10, 2021, 14:42 UTC
Message-ID: <60c224e0ed2d4_b25b1208f5@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2106100947170.57@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

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