&quot;There are fewer interest groups looking out for the latter...&quot;<p>As an introvert, I find the implicit plurality of &quot;they&quot; more disturbing than gender ambiguity of the known-singular &quot;he&#x2F;she&quot;. I&#x27;m not a group, I&#x27;m a singular self, and the speaker&#x2F;author shouldn&#x27;t apply a plural to a known singular; being an anonymous audience&#x2F;subject, gender ambiguity is more understandable.