Male authors who prefer using female pronouns

[Alexmahone]

I've come across a few textbooks written by male authors, who prefer using female pronouns when they must assign a gender to a fictitious person used to illustrate a point.

As a male, I'm feeling left out.

[Angrboda]

I've always found the practice obnoxiously self-conscious in a way that draws attention to the issue and thus presents an obstacle to simple reading of the text.

[Rev. Rye]

I've always found the practice obnoxiously self-conscious in a way that draws attention to the issue and thus presents an obstacle to simple reading of the text.

If you're assigning a gender to a situation like the one you describe, I'd suggest flip a coin if you care that much about the issue. I'd say heads, the person is male. If tails, make them female. That should be reasonably fair.

[brewer]

I've come across a few textbooks written by male authors, who prefer using female pronouns when they must assign a gender to a fictitious person used to illustrate a point.

As a male, I'm feeling left out.

Don't get your panties in a bunch, ya bloody sheila.

[SaStrike]

I've always found the practice obnoxiously self-conscious in a way that draws attention to the issue and thus presents an obstacle to simple reading of the text.

If you're assigning a gender to a situation like the one you describe, I'd suggest flip a coin if you care that much about the issue. I'd say heads, the person is male. If tails, make them female. That should be reasonably fair.

Why heads as male? I think flipping a coin to decide which gender gets heads should be done first.

[Rev. Rye]

If you're assigning a gender to a situation like the one you describe, I'd suggest flip a coin if you care that much about the issue. I'd say heads, the person is male. If tails, make them female. That should be reasonably fair.

Why heads as male? I think flipping a coin to decide which gender gets heads should be done first.

Okay, here's an idea. Apparently, the heavier side of a coin (heads, usually) is slightly more likely to hit the ground, making it about 51/49. By an extraordinary coincidence, that's actually close to the ratio of male to female in the world's population. Give the females the lighter side (tails, if the heads side is heavier) for the little extra edge that reflects the actual incidence of the genders.

And look, I just reconstructed the heads is male, tails is female idea, and created a rationale that explains it with statistics, and even makes it reflect the slightly larger number of women than men. And the damnedest thing? I didn't even actually set out to do so when I first hit "reply." I remembered that there was a slight edge about a regular coin that can skew the odds slightly, and since it said that the heavier side of a penny is the heads side, casing it to land slightly more often tails side up. If there are coins with a heavier tails side (the research I found didn't bother with other coins), feel free to change it to reflect that.

[SteelCurtain]

I've come across a few textbooks written by male authors, who prefer using female pronouns when they must assign a gender to a fictitious person used to illustrate a point.

As a male, I'm feeling left out.

You'll be okay sweetheart.

[Dundee]

I've always found the practice obnoxiously self-conscious in a way that draws attention to the issue and thus presents an obstacle to simple reading of the text.

I feel  the same!

[GrandizerII]

I've always found the practice obnoxiously self-conscious in a way that draws attention to the issue and thus presents an obstacle to simple reading of the text.

I feel  the same!

STOP reviving old threads

[Prycejosh1987]

I've come across a few textbooks written by male authors, who prefer using female pronouns when they must assign a gender to a fictitious person used to illustrate a point.

As a male, I'm feeling left out.

As with all books and writers, everyone has their own insights and opinions.