> and who was “she”? The structure, probably. In gendered languages objects have a grammatical gender, and "structure" is feminine in at least French, Italian,

> and who was “she”? The structure, probably. In gendered languages objects have a grammatical gender, and "structure" is feminine in at least French, Italian, and Spanish (they all derived from Latin "structura", which is feminine). Non-native English speakers will sometime carry over a noun's gender when writing in English.