Talk:Astolfo/@comment-31242715-20170206021931/@comment-28209103-20170206074655

Lol Hitsuji

anyway using masculine to refer to inderteminated gender is certainly the traditional way so it's the "correct" way according to traditionalist

Do note that there's certain non-formal concesus in english about gender, for example certain item like Ship and land are refered as feminine, BUT most thing without gender are refered as masculine, that's the root where people using masculine to refer something without clear gender.

The awareness of using gender spesific or non-spesific pronouns is something recent, honestly It's some kind of bullshit for me but I had to take that class for my undergraduate study. anyway using Masculine is advised unless you care that much about Gender inequality, and if I elaborate further it'll become the traditional debate about gender in language all over again.. so i'll pass.

I however does not approve the use of plural to refer to neutral gender, it'll raise confusion to non-english speaker since it's something out of norm, if anything "It" or just using his name is a much safer choice, the former have connotation of non-human creature tho.