question for the ladies...

so, after class i was thinking about all this he/she controversy and i am just wondering if women really do get offended by writers who only use "he," because in spanish speaking cultures a lot of women actually don't care, and some even get a little offended if you try to invent feminine words for their occupations which normally use the masculine form of the word.

for example, i've heard of a lot of women who, instead of calling themselves "abogadAs (lawyers)" will call themselves, "mujeres abogadOs."

of course i'm a guy, and an ignorant one at that, so i don't really know how it all works.

what do those of you "affected" by this "controversy" think? should we just use "he" or do that awkward "he/she" thing? or should we just use "she" all the time?