3 ms·
It's a throwback to an earlier time, when societal norms dictated social roles, and lonely sailors sought any reference to their opposite gender.
by stephengillie 10y ago
It's a throwback to an earlier time, when societal norms dictated social roles, and lonely sailors sought any reference to their opposite gender.
- frozenport 10y agoProbably not true. Are we to assume that the English/German navy was composed primarily of homosexuals? And can this difference be attributed to the comparatively longer voyages made by English sailors?
- kirrent 10y agoPresumably you'd say the same things about other traditionally gendered inanimate objects in english such as countries or the moon?
- stephengillie 10y agoYes.