My love affair with my Mini Cooper, a.k.a. "Baby", continues. Yesterday I admonished the children to speak respectfully of her. "Her? 'Baby' is a girl?" asked Iris as she got into the car. Buckling her seatbelt, Iris turned to me, obviously making a great effort to keep a straight face. "Where are Baby's genitals?" she asked with great faux seriousness.
But genitals do not make a gender. Baby can define her gender however she wants, and her preferred pronouns should be used.
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