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better question is, why do you find it so distracting?

Because it's like he is trying to advocate feminism in the middle of his other points.

By that logic, every time that you use the word "he" when referring to a human of unspecified gender, you're advocating masculinism.

While somewhat out of style, "she" is often used as a universal gender neutral pronoun. To me, it's far less distracting to read than "he/she" or "(s)he." I personally prefer the singular "they" as a gender neutral pronoun, but some people think it's improper English.

Either way, I don't think that using "she" as a gender neutral pronoun can be considered distracting advocacy of feminism.

As far as I can tell that was never in style.

Historically man and he have been used a universal gender neutral pronouns. In most latin languages this is spelled out clearly as proper grammar (e.g., French). In English it has been left ambiguous. That said, one clearly is making the conscious choice to swim against the tide when specifically using 'she' for this purpose, so it's going to distract some people. Though I agree far less than he/she and (s)he.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English

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