This has been going on for some time and affects/infects all sorts of discussions on BBC programmes, but it is particularly noticeable on days like these when we have a major news story about a man allegedly sexually assaulting and raping women, and the BBC news presenters keep using the gender-neutral 'people' when they are talking about women, victims of a sex-specific crime committed by men. They wouldn't in a million years do this in a story about racism or religious targeting: in those cases, the script would be specific. But not when it's an issue seriously affecting women and girls. Who wrote their current 'style guide' (I can guess)?