Comment Re:Joyent unfit to lead them? (Score 1) 254
Because their logic is that if you use any gender specific pronouns you are, by default, misogynistic?
I thought their logic was that using the male pronoun for persons of unknown gender or in contexts where gender ought to be irrelevant is both unnecessary and sexist - even if it used to be standard usage. How hard is it to use they/their instead of he/his? I manage it easily enough.