their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or
feminine. Things like "chalk" or "pencil", she explained, have a gender
association although in English, these words were of a neutral gender.
Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a
computer?"
The instructor wasn't certain which it was, and so divided the
class into two groups and asked them to decide whether a computer should be masculine or feminine. One group was composed of the women in the class and the other of the men. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.
The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in the
masculine gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problem, but half of the time, they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model
The men on the other hand decided that computers should definitely be
referred to in the feminine gender because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for future retrieval.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck for accessories for it.
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