sentences:  In languages such as English that distinguish natural gender in pronouns but not grammatical gender in nouns, normally masculine, but sometimes feminine, forms of pronouns are used for the generic reference, in what is called the "generic" usage of the pronoun.The context makes the generic intent of the usage clear in communication.Unless there is reason to believe the speaker thinks ambitious academics are always female in the relevant context, the use of "she" in this sentence must be interpreted as a generic use.