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a language instructor was explaining to her class that french nouns, unlike their english counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine. things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she described, would have a gender association although in english these words were neutral. puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "what gender is a computer?" the teacher wasn't certain which it was,and so divided the class into two groups and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. one group was comprised of the women in the class, and the other, of men. both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation. the group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in masculine gender because: 1. in order to get their attention, you have to turn them on. 2. they have a lot of data but are still clueless. 3. they are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they are the problem. 4. as soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model. the men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender 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 your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval. 4. as soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories.
for all the differences between the sexes, here's one that might stir up debate in the teacher's lounge: boys learn more from men and girls learn more from women.
that's the upshot of a provocative study by thomas dee, an associate professor of economics at swarthmore college and visiting scholar at stanford university. his study was to appear monday in education next, a quarterly journal published by the hoover institution.
vetted and approved by peer reviewers, dee's research faces a fight for acceptance. some leading education advocates dispute his conclusions and the way in which he reached them.
but dee says his research supports his point, that gender matters when it comes to learning. specifically, as he describes it, having a teacher of the opposite sex hurts a student's academic progress.
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you may not know this but many non living things have a gender.
1) ziploc bags are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. 2) copiers are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. it's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed.. 3) a tire is male, because it goes bald and it's often over inflated.. 4) a hot air balloon is male, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it, and of course, there's the hot air part.. 5) sponges are female, because they're soft, squeezable and retain water.. 6) a web page is female, because it's always getting hit on.. 7) a subway is male, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up.. 8) an hourglass is female, because over time, the weight shifts to the bottom.. 9) a hammer is male, because it hasn't changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around.. 10) a remote control is female. ha! you thought it'd be male, didn't you? but consider this - it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying!
trying this reencoded version of an amv i upped earlier, hopefully the quality isn't affected. again, this isn't my work, just wanted to share some nice amv's
are computers male or female? women say male: 1. in order to get their attention, you have to turn them on. 2. they have a lot of data, but are still clueless. 3. they are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they are the problem. 4. as soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer you could have had a better model. men say female: 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 their long-term memory for later retrieval. 4. as soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
thingy (thing-ee) n. female: any part under a car's hood. male: the strap fastener on a woman's bra. vulnerable (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj. female: fully opening up one's self emotionally to another. male: playing football without a helmet. communication (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n. female: the open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner. male: scratching out a note before suddenly taking off for a weekend with the boys. butt (but) n. female: the body part that every item of clothing manufactured makes "look bigger." male: what you slap when someone's scored a touchdown, homerun, or goal. also good for mooning.
commitment (ko-mit-ment) n. female: a desire to get married and raise a family. male: not trying to pick up other women while out with one's girlfriend.
entertainment (en-ter-tayn-ment) n. female: a good movie, concert, play or book. male: anything that can be done while drinking.
flatulence (flach-u-lens) n. female: an embarrassing by-product of digestion. male: an endless source of entertainment, self-expression and male bonding.
making love (may-king luv) n. female: the greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve. male: call it whatever you want just as long as we end up in bed.
remote control (ri-moht kon-trohl) n. female: a device for changing from one tv channel to another. male: a device for scanning through all 75 channels every 2 minutes.
do not bring them into the bathrooms.
