Time for a Rant

Here is a little complaint that doesn't have a thing to do with photography. I said that I would occasionally do this, so here goes. We have a pronoun problem with our language. The problem is that we need a pronoun that is not gender specific. For a long time we used the masculine to represent the entirety of mankind as well as the subset that I am sure some of you would call the lesser part. Perhaps you are right. Perhaps I am about to reinforce your criticism. That's fine, but I just absolutely refuse to use the set of feminine pronouns to be all encompassing. When I read a text by an author that does that, the writer's ethos erodes for me. Torrential, flooding rain will not ameliorate drought conditions, and using the feminine set of pronouns for five or six hundred years will not "make up" for all the transgressions that preceded our time. I use "he or she" and similar usages. That tactic is a bit clunky, but until we invent a new word, that is my style. Anyone care to comment, suggest a new pronoun, and solve this problem? Please help.