The sheer mindless idiocy of this substitution makes one hesitate to dive into such a long-ish and potentially involved article as this one, even if written by such an ostensibly clever person as Norvig.
It felt really weird and unnatural and detracted from the main point. Testified to the fact that years later I have no memory of what the essay was about but still remember this.
Person A thinks that everyone else is a sexist person with an agenda. Person B who doesn't agree with person A thinks everyone else is a radical feminist with an agenda. It's a never ending cycle of stupidity.
/rant