On Saturday 24 March 2012 15:09:57 Ken Heard wrote: > Nouns and adjectives have gender, but people have sex. The latest strident feminist PC requires "gender". (It came up recently on Debian Women.) I share your objection. But then I never burnt my bra, I just got on and did a male (masculine?!) job. And I am most emphatically not a "chair". I am not a piece of furniture. Lisi