(July 26, 2018 at 6:30 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(July 26, 2018 at 6:19 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: 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.
