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Why are means of transport refered to as

TheCatWoman

Female?

I've never understood this, especially as English dosen't gender objects in the same way as say, French does?

It also annoys me, it feels sexist that these big boys toys are often named after women and refered to as she, is an ownership thing?  A man can own and control a boat, a car or a plane and not a woman?

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  • If it is any consolation, in Old English (AKA Anglo-Saxon) the word scip (ship) was a neuter word. Old English, like Modern German, had three genders, masculine, feminine and neuter. I'm quite happy that the majority of things in Modern English no longer have a gender.

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  • If it is any consolation, in Old English (AKA Anglo-Saxon) the word scip (ship) was a neuter word. Old English, like Modern German, had three genders, masculine, feminine and neuter. I'm quite happy that the majority of things in Modern English no longer have a gender.

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