One of the community members has approached the moderators with a concern about gendered pronoun usage amongst our Academia members. Specifically, this individual felt that calling out gender in discussion—e.g., "he said…" or "as she commented…"—risks introducing bias and may affect the quality of the discussion.

As such, I wanted to ask the community on behalf of this member... should we, as a community, discourage the use of gendered pronouns in discussion?