I’m a gaijin — just another guy in jeans

I’m a gaijin — just another guy in jeans
An editor once asked why I use the masculine pronoun “he,” instead of the less sexist “he or she” when referring to people of both genders in the same sentence. Despite having grown up in what is now called the second wave of feminism, from the early ’60s to late ’80s, I still never quite made the change from “he/his” to “he or she” or “his or hers.” Here’s why. Although I am female, I don’t …

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