Question

Every person I talked to said he would donate to the charity event. Which revision removes the gender bias from the sentence in the most effective way? A. All of the people I talked to said they would donate to the charity event. B. Every person I talked to said everyone would donate to the charity event. C. Every person I talked to said they would donate to the charity event. D. Every person I talked to said she would donate to the charity event.

Answer 1

The revision that would remove gender bias is A: All the people I talked to said they would donate to the charity event. By using the phrase all the people, the pronoun they makes a correct reference to this subject, and it avoids the difference in gender that can occur if the pronouns he or she are used. The pronoun they includes both men and women.

Answer 2

A. All of the people I talked to said they would donate to the charity event. would be the answer there are no he or she in they