The idiots I see are indeed taking over the asylum
 

I despair

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/new...she/ar-BBWdzXZ

I too find this PC rubbish just too ridiculous

I must try calling my wife 'It' and see what happens.

Indeed they are !

'the Royal Navy has a long tradition of referring to its ships as 'she' and will continue to do so a spokesPERSON said '.

Quite right too! It's surely a term of affection?

Whoever vandalised the museum might benefit from being introduced to 'The Captain's Daughter'!

We think that we have problems:
https://www.theatlantic.com/internat...minism/545048/

I'm in a minority who have generally referred to aircraft as "it" rather than "she", but I have absolutely no objections to "she". I think it can go a bit far, though. On the Facebook V Bomber group, some of the XH 558 groupies on there have taken to referring to it as "Our Delta Lady" which I find a bit much. As an aside, there have been several candidates for "Queen of the Skies" over the years (Canberra, Boeing 747 etc), but no kings as far as I know.

Incidentally I don't think the defaced sign should be restored - it should be left as a monument to stupidity.

Definitely flown with a few Queens of the Skies.......

Well, they are full of seamen, so they should be called "she".

However, this IS the navy, so you could call it "shim".

The RN's view

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...ors/ar-BBWeWVG

You just know that some poleclimber is thinking of setting up a Sexist Historical Investigation Team to get those naval aviators who have used 'mother' or 'mum' in radio transmissions when operating off a deck. But it's ok, the defence budget will get a hike to pay for retraining.

And the Wessex was often called "Queen Mother of the Skies".......

Damn, Teeters beat me to it - although I thought it was the Whirlwind that took that particular accolade while the mighty(!) Wessex held sway.

Everyone has the right to be addressed as they wish, but getting offended at the proffered or perceived gender of an object is pure bollo**s (or should that be ovaries)? Far too many people trying far too hard to find offence. Good luck with your outrage if you live in France, Spain or other countries which ascribe gender to objects, inanimate or otherwise.😁

Nope! The Frenchies are binning the male/female thing as well! :eek:

OAP

That's great news - it makes my appalling attempts at the language all the more valid😁👍

Thud and Blunder
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If it's a Whirlwind here's two Queen Mothers together at Biggin Hill - April 1955.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d0f50713b5.jpg

Oh, really HARD! They only have masculine and feminine articles. So, everything has to have SOME gender assigned. Spark plugs are feminine (la bougie) the earth is masculine (le Monde). Some of them actually make sense, but most make NO sense at all.

Jon

We are in the year 2019 and the Royal Navy has had mixed gender surface ship crews for years, and the submarine fleet is about to follow.

Why would a female onboard a ship want to call it she, why not he?