[Pearls Before Swine]

You used to be able to say "he" instead of the lengthier "he/she" or "person" not very long ago to indicate any nonspecific individual.

[July 4th]

You used to be able to say "he" instead of the lengthier "he/she" or "person" not very long ago to indicate any nonspecific individual.

You still can. Although the recent trend in my college and law school textbooks was to use only "she."