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Why do philosophical papers always use “her” or “she” in examples?

I noticed lately that whenever I’m reading a more contemporary philosophical text, whether article/book/entry, they always use the female pronouns to denote an action done by a third party.  It got me curious since I don’t see this in other writings.  Anyone has an idea why the change happened and is now formalized? And when?
gpt
It's not formalised, but there's been a shift across several disciplines over the last 20-30(?) years or so to try use female pronouns for examples where gender is arbitrary, as a pushback against the hundreds of years when male was the (often *formally*) prescribed default.