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I react to insistence on equal use of he and she by turning out sentences such as: "A woman may divorce his husband if she is unfaithful to him."

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judges are always "she" and criminal defendants are always "he"

Off topic. We had a good laugh at work today when someone addressed an email to "Dear managers and friends".

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How is it handled in other languages with obligatory personal pronouns (German, Romance)?

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French has "on," English literal equivalent "anyone or someone," used also as "we" or modest "I."

"On va?" -= are we going? shall we go?

"On peut faire...." = we can do, you can do, anyone can do

very hard to translate, but useful.

I'm sure some native speaker of French will elucidate more fully.

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oh yeah, forgot about that. German has 'man' then, similar to 'on', but maybe more formal and way less used.

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I notice that he/she balance thing a lot when I read articles on psychology and child development.

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