Setting feminism back 50 years....

I've been reading a lot of stuff for school lately and have become increasingly annoyed with pronoun choice.

Yes women should have the right to vote. Yes, we should get paid at least 2/3 of what our male counterparts are making (kidding....), but really, do you have to type he/she, his/hers every single freaking time?

Just pick one!

You can argue that I'm (as the title implies) reverting to a male-dominated society and mindlessly throwing however many years of feminism down the proverbial drain, but really, what is so freaking wrong with some writing 'his'? And if you have that big a problem with it, write 'her.' That simple!

The only issue I've come across was in a book I read last week, Why Read, by Mark Edmunson. Its possible that the occurrence was due to his wish to please all by picking switching between the two. However, he picked some convenient times to switch to 'her.' It seemed every time there was a general question of intelligence, he went with the feminine. I dont have the book in front of me, but it would be something like this:

"When a student is done and he goes to follow up on his impenetrable research, he looks into the multitude of literary criticism and is awestruck by its intrepid tower of incredulity." (yeah, i thought the book was a little pretentious if you cant tell..."

versus

"When a student is unsure of her overall tenacity in the face of doing anything remotely involving intelligence whatsoever, she cannot but grasp at straws, hoping somehow to maintain her sense of ignorance."

No, these are not direct quotes, and its possible that my perception was bent by the bad taste of academic snobbery that the book emanated, but it seemed that there was a pattern to his pronoun choice.

AAAAAnyhow, use 'his' use 'hers' I dont care, as long as you're consistent. My eyes are just getting too tired from all of the unnecessary backslashes./////////////////

Thats all he/she wrote.