In a study of the generic "he," MacKay (1983) found that

A both men and women usually interpreted sentences with the generic "he" to refer only to males.
B women rarely interpreted sentences with the generic "he" to refer only to males.
C only men interpreted sentences with the generic "he" to refer only to males.
D only men interpreted sentences with the generic "he" to refer to both males and females.
E both men and women usually interpreted sentences with the generic "he" to refer to males and females equally.


A

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