What's With Men Writing Using Feminine Pronouns?

[Andy_B]

I just wanted to make something clear:

It seems a lot of people ITT think I'm talking about expressions like "one" or "he or she".

I don't have a problem with that, and generally speaking, I actually use "he or she" myself.

I'm talking about when male writers DEFAULT to using "her" or "she".

 

[Christhugger]

I had a professor who's syllabus stated that points would be docked for using "he" when it was a he/she situation. Using "she" was acceptable however.

I used "he" and got a lower grade...but now I work a real job in the oil sands and make more money than him at half his age. So the joke is on you, Dr. Faggot!

 

[SheWantsTheD]

I had a professor who's syllabus stated that points would be docked for using "he" when it was a he/she situation. Using "she" was acceptable however.

I used "he" and got a lower grade...but now I work a real job in the oil sands and make more money than him at half his age. So the joke is on you, Dr. Faggot!

You showed him.



You should write him a letter with a photocopy of your paycheck and use 'he' while calling him that.

 

[TheFinalEpic]

I was very lucky throughout my English classes to have older, more "old-English" type professors. They always (and most of them were female) said the correct term to describe an un-gendered person in writing is "he". Thank god I didn't have one of those young feminist types, these women knew the correct use of this language, unlike so many people today.

 

[lurker]

This shit drives me nuts, but it's amusing when it backfires. I read a law journal article not long ago about Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Guess what gendered pronoun the shitlib author used to refer to the collection of incarcerated violent criminals that formed the underlying subject matter of his piece?