premise: I refuse, out of conservatism and sheer curmudgeonliness to give up English grammar (like the  neutral  pronouns of reference) when I cannot paraphrase without losing what little elegance there may be in my writing, and I refuse to sacrifice metonyms, metaphors, allusions, and other figures of speech that contain male referents, substituting  big liar  for Baron Munchhausen and  Peeping Thomasina  for Peeping Tom or trying to get around saying or writing Pollyanna, say uncle, raise Cain , or Jesus Christ !
hypothesis: I would give up on English grammar if given the chance.