RE: Question to all Americans: why do you refer to vehicles and ships as "she"?
July 13, 2015 at 6:56 pm
(July 13, 2015 at 1:18 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: I suppose it could have to do with the innate possessiveness associated with owning a member of the female sex as well as a certain fondness for the object and a desire to personify something that essentially is responsible for the safety and welfare of those riding it. I’m rather surprised at myself for falling into the idiom without questioning it. It’s obviously sexist but perhaps not overtly misogynistic.
I was once owned by a tomcat I called 'Mrs. Hudson', after Sherlock's landlady. Where do I fall on your sexist/misogynist scale?
Boru
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