He, she and they.

Universities have traditionally been hotbeds of revolutionary ideas and long may it continue to be so, but an unfortunate side-effect is that it opens the door to nonsensical triviality.  Like the modern attack on language which is seen as "gendered".  So, it is suggested that you shouldn't use words like !mankind" or"manpower" for example, and one particular University has said that essays and dissertations which use "he" or "she" to describe people who could be of either sex (sorry! - gender) will be marked down as a result,  It is suggested that if you want to encompass both males and females you should use "they".  I think it's all a bit silly - how about you?