Philip Cohen featured in The New York Times on gender-neutral pronoun
Americans still reluctant to use the pronoun "she" to describe the president, even hypothetically
Jessica Bennett, a writer and editor at The New York Times focused on gender and culture, published an article this Monday on how Americans still have unconscious aversion referring to the future president as "she," even hypothetically, contributing to the bias that women were not seen as typical candidates for president.
Even though many gen-neutral pronouns such as "they," "first-class," "upper-level" have been widely suggested or used to replace "he-or-she," "freshmen," "upper-classmen," Philip Cohen, Faculty Associate from MPRC as well as a sociology professor here at University of Maryland, addresses that there are still plenty of phrases for which “he” connotes power.