&gt;English is not structured to be gender-neutral. I&#x27;m not going to use awkward circumlocutions to avoid the possibility of offending someone.<p>Using singular they is hardly a &quot;circumlocution&quot;, I do it without thinking about it. It&#x27;s not hard to learn once you actually decide to take responsibility for your own speech.<p>And it&#x27;s not a &quot;possibility of offending&quot;, it&#x27;s a &quot;certainty of papercuts&quot;. If you habitually use male pronouns you will inevitably refer to women with them, and they will most likely be put off by your apparent assumption.