Many romance Languages (Italian, Spanish, French) give even inanimate objects a gender. In French, for example, this determines whether 你 use "la" 或者 "le" in front of the noun. If English designated things as either male 或者 female, here are a few of our recommendations...
COPIER: Female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm up. Because it is an effective reproductive device when the right buttons are pushed. Because it can wreak havoc when the wrong buttons are pushed.
HAMMER: Male, because it hasn't evolved much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.
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