It is more and more common for journals, especially in leftist or PC fields like law, to insist on gender neutral language. In a law review article I published in 1997, I insisted on using the masculine form as generic. They grudgingly agreed, but actually dropped a disclaimer footnote on the first use of “him”. It’s a bit funny, a bit pathetic. See note 27 to this article, which reads: “It is the general policy of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review to use gender-neutral language. The author, however, has chosen not to conform to this policy.”
See also this post about another political-correctness tussle I had with antother law journal.
2:55 pm on August 24, 2006
