I understand the sexism concern; in situations where the generic person is being portrayed in a possibly-negative light, I use "he" as the generic pronoun. (I'm male, incidentally; my late mother and MIL were, and my wife, daughter, sisters, and SILs are: (A) educated professionals, and (B) quite capable of ... how shall I put this ... taking umbrage if I say something sexist <g>.)