Ugh. Annoying habit. Or isn’t it even a habit? I think it’s more of a passion. Something people don’t do without actively thinking about it every time.

I have a clear recollection of my history teacher back in high school doing it. He was extremely passionate about history, we got the impression he was up at night reading history books. When he described the Bolshevik revolution to us, he did so in astounding detail, how a bunch of guys traveled across town, what they were wearing, what route they took through St. Petersburg. *That* guy used to refer to countries as ’she’. When he did, his eyes lit up a little.

But that’s not all, guys say that all the time. Yeah, *guys*. Imagine a woman ogling over a brand new car, “isn’t she beautiful?”. No, that doesn’t happen. It’s always guys, as if they’re picturing whatever it is they see as a female form that they worship.

Let’s set the record straight here. A car is not a she, it doesn’t have a gender. It’s an it. A country is an it, a plane is an it, a computer is an it, got it? Enough of this stupid wishful personification of things that aren’t people.