i think the trouble with making the masculine versions the new neutral is that it can 1. come across as erasing women/non men and 2. can feel especially offensive to transfems. so while it would be an easy solution, it might not be the best.

on the other hand, i try to do my part and for example only use actor and waiter and never actress and waitress :3

english is very nice for how few gendered words it has (unlike some horrible other languages ;w;) and i love to try to speak completely gender neutral