Wait until you hear about adjective and verb gendering. ~ On a more serious note, it's a backwards compatibility thing. Taking a language with grammatical gend

Wait until you hear about adjective and verb gendering. ~ On a more serious note, it's a backwards compatibility thing. Taking a language with grammatical gender and removing it changes the way it looks and sounds rather drastically - more so for some than others. Needless to say, existing speakers are unlikely to appreciate it even if they don't care for gender qua gender. (See also: numerous polls on how native Spanish speakers react to "Latinx" etc)