Also, even if it didn’t use the male-as-default construction, if it instead used male and female terms that were both modified from a base word by approximately equal amounts, it would still promote the silly idea that gender is something that always has to be pointed out every time you refer to people.
Also, even if it didn’t use the male-as-default construction, if it instead used male and female terms that were both modified from a base word by approximately equal amounts, it would still promote the silly idea that gender is something that always has to be pointed out every time you refer to people.