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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Inferno!" data-source="post: 3737846" data-attributes="member: 27860">Ok, ready your slings and arrows.  When I was in school, we were taught to use the male pronoun as generic.  Having had that drilled into me for so many years, when I see female pronouns used generically it jumps out at me and screams "Hey, look at us, we're going out of our way to be non-offensive and inclusive."  OTOH, I had an English professor who was also a magazine editor.  I asked her about proper pronoun usage.  She said the accpeted proper usage had changed to include either male or female pronouns.  So, whether I like it or not apparently the times have passed me by.  Old habits die hard, and in answer to the OP question, I prefer male pronouns.  I'm not trying to make a political statement with my answer - just trying to explain my preference.</blockquote>