So? Many languages do not restrict gender pronouns to living beings .[1] Gender pronouns does not equate to anthropomorphizing the engine . Just because we c

So? Many languages do not restrict gender pronouns to living beings .[1] Gender pronouns does not equate to anthropomorphizing the engine . Just because we call a country “she” does not mean we are anthropomorphizing her . Let’s not conflate both. [1] Old English had lot more gendered nouns than modern english . Even in modern English by common usage there are acceptable pronouns for many objects , while they are not “recommended” by gatekeepers like dictionaries and style guides it is still very much valid. Languages are shaped by their usage not by grammar books and style guides . In many other languages such pronouns are quite explicitly defined as part of standard grammar.