Glad to see the comments here do not genderify the plane as female. But the article does. I don't mind people giving normal first names to boats/planes/trains/c

Glad to see the comments here do not genderify the plane as female. But the article does. I don't mind people giving normal first names to boats/planes/trains/cars/bikes and then using 'he' or 'she' but the idea that all ships and planes are female and to be imagined that way is just wrong. Next time I hear someone refer to their car or other vehicle as 'she' I am going to humour them about it, enjoyably so and possibly pejoratively. There are many options, 'oh, so your car/plane/boat ovulates then?' probably being the most inconspicuous innuendo possible on HN. There is also the class of individual that refers to vehicles as 'she' instinctively but then fails to get the gender right when it comes to living animals. You could introduce them to pet dog, e.g. 'Jake', for them to then ask 'what breed is it?' as if they see the dog is pre-op or something. Needless to say there are instances of male/female use in electronics, my phone has a 'female' headphone socket and my charger is obviously 'male'. But I would probably let my pedantry be put aside if working in an all male engineering department when it comes to these things.