> It turns out that - in a purely objective, language-design sense Let me introduce you to many of the world's languages which have a concept of completely arb

> It turns out that - in a purely objective, language-design sense Let me introduce you to many of the world's languages which have a concept of completely arbitrary object gender. A spoon is feminine in French. It's masculine in german. A fork is feminine in both. Oh and a knife is neutral in german (not in french, which doesn't have a concept of neutral; a knife is masculine. Unless you mean like a dagger… that's feminine.) You'll note the abscence of genitals, chromosomes, or anatomical details on most of the above.