Here is something
to ponder about: 
An English professor wrote these words on the blackboard,
directing his students to punctuate it correctly.
"Woman without her man is nothing."
The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."
The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."
An English
teacher was explaining to his students the concept of
gender association in the English language. He stated
how hurricanes at times were given feminine names and
how ships and planes were usually referred to as "she.".
One of the students raised
his hand and asked "What gender is a computer"?
The teacher wasn't
certain which it was, so he divided the class into two
groups, males in one, females in the other, and asked
them to decide which gender a computer should be. 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. To get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have much data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help solve problems, but half
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 later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find
yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for
it.
