A French teacher was explaining to her class that in French, unlike English,
nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. House is feminine "la
maison," Pencil is masculine "le crayon." A student asked, "What gender is a
computer?"

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups
male and female- and asked them to decide for themselves whether"computer"
should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four
reasons for their recommendation.


The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine
gender (la computer) 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 the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible
later review; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half
your paycheck on accessories for it.


The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine (le
computer) because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE
the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little
longer, you could have got a better model.


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