@dconley The main issue with "male as default" is that it goes only one way; essentially, it's girls taking up male terms to feel less low, but the men never stop *seeing them* as female first, therefore less, no matter what words they use... (See: "guys" as gender-neutral... Have you ever heard a straight man talk of the "guys" he's slept with? Only girls think it's neutral at all! ^^° )

So, it doesn't actually address the gender issue at all, it only hides it. :/