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Off-topic rant: whenever I encounter writing that does this smarmy "I'm going to alternate 'she' with 'he' for reasons that have nothing to do with the content," I involuntarily lose respect for the writer. It's the oafish way that such language calls attention to itself, like a tone-deaf singer inflicting themselves on an audience. And it's that oily ideological quality of trying to "raise your consciousness" for the equality of women everywhere. Ew.

I see that this piece was written in the 90s, but there are plenty of recent examples, at least in the tech world. Maybe it's clueless geeks perpetuating a fashion that the rest of the world gave up on years ago because it's so cringeworthy?

Edited to be shorter cuz this isn't that important.