A French Class 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 are 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. She asked them to decide if a computer 
should be masculine or feminine. One group was composed 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 the 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 it.