there's some truth to that, but a lot of times it's arbitrary, could be "green vs blue"

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instead of "masculine vs. feminine".

"table" is masculine in french but feminine in spanish (le table, la mesa).

and sometimes it seemingly runs counter --

"manliness" is feminine (la virilidad in spanish).


however, i do recall some study years ago suggesting gendered languages do have an influence on gender attitudes.

perhaps we would be better off just calling them "green vs. blue"....