What Gender is a Computer ?

A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish,unlike English, nouns are designated as eithermasculine or feminine."House"for instance,is feminine:"la casa.""Pencil,"however,is masculine:"el lapiz."
A student asked,"What gender is 'computer'?"Instead of giving the answer,the teacher split the class into two groups,male and female,and asked them to decidefor themselves whether"computer"should bea masculine or a feminine noun.Each group was askedto give four reasonsfor its recommendation.
The men's group decided that"computer"should definitely beof the feminine gender("la computadora"),because:
1. No one but their creatorunderstands their internal logic;
2. The native languagethey use to communicatewith other computers isincomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakesare stored in long term memoryfor possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you makea commitment to one,you find yourself spendinghalf your paycheckon accessories for it.
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The women's group,however, concludedthat computers should be Masculine("el computador"),because:
1. In order to do anythingwith them,you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposedto help you solve problems,but half the timethey ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one,you realize that if youhad waited a little longer,you could have gottena better model.