"What
Sex Is Your
Computer?"
A language instructor was
explaining to her class
that in French, nouns
unlike their English
counterparts, are
grammatically designated
as masculine or feminine.
"House,"
in French, is
feminine-"la
maison."
"Pencil," in
French, is
masculine-"le
crayon."
One
puzzled student asked,
"What gender is
computer?"
The
teacher did not know, and
the word wasn't in her
French dictionary. So for
fun she split the class
into two groups
appropriately enough, by
gender and asked them to
decide whether
"computer"
should be a masculine or
feminine noun.
Both groups
were required to give
four reasons for their
recommendation.
The
men's group decided that
computers should
definitely be of the
feminine gender ("la
computer"), because:
1. No one but
their creator understands
their internal logic
2. The native
language they use to
communicate with other
computers is
incomprehensible to
everyone else
3. Even the
smallest mistakes are
stored in long-term
memory for possible later
retrieval
4. As soon as
you make a commitment to
one, you find yourself
spending half your pay
check on accessories for
it.
The women's
group, however, concluded
that computers should be
masculine ("le
computer"), because:
1. In order to
get their attention, you
have to turn them on;
2. They have a
lot of data but they are
still clueless
3. They are
supposed to help you
solve problems, but half
the time they ARE the
problem
4. As soon as
you commit to one, you
realize that if you'd
waited a little longer,
you could have gotten a
better model.
The Women Won
!
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