This article from The Economist is from their style guide for writers and it makes some very unequivocal points about which language choices are appropriate and which are inappropriate (a prescriptivist perspective). The producer shows a strong aversion to current trends towards gender-neutral language. Look at how opinions are conveyed in a very definite way.
I strongly react against the assertion that female actors won't be offended if you refer to them as actresses - having been one, I know that this is often far from the truth, although some people don't see it as a problem.
Look at the examples that the producer finds offensive in the use of plurals to create gender-neutral pronouns towards the end. Do you see anything wrong with them? What do you use? Do you support the use of proposed alternatives like xe?
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