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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

Yes and no, language is how it's used, not necessarily the rules someone once wrote down. The problem is if you have a generic form and you start using a different form for women the generic form stops being generic. Eventually everyone will settle on some new generic form or resurrect some old form and we can move on to other problems.