Why are inanimate objects constantly alluded to as female? Is it because in many other languages objects have genders and we just decided that in english, it would make everything simpler to refer to doodads as feminine? Is it because many people consider the physical female form to be more pleasing and wish to imbue such features onto their boat or car? Or perhaps, it's because women used to be seen as property, so the feminine descriptors simply transferred to the other items that the "owner" felt affection towards.
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