stackyFACTSAsk someone if a bridge is male or female, and they will surprisingly have a definitive answer. Depending on our native language and its grammatical structure, we subconsciously attribute ruggedness or elegance to forks, keys, and tables. We literally cannot stop aggressively gendering the silverware.
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