I do this. I&#x27;m sorry I&#x27;m offending you. That&#x27;s not my intention.<p>I use it not for some political purpose, but because I actually <i>believe</i> gender is irrelevant to the things I&#x27;m saying. I am almost never trying to say &quot;I went with Dave in his essential maleness to his house&quot; I&#x27;m just trying to say I went to Dave&#x27;s house. I&#x27;m not trying to reference occupation or nationality or anything else. Referencing gender is noise.<p>It&#x27;s also impractical to have to ask everyone their gender and keep that huge database in my head. Much easier just to use one word.