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For questions about using gendered words or phrases in English.

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Does the English language have a grammatical gender?

In general, English does not have much of a gender system. We divide things into male people, female people, and everything else. Men and boys use the masculine pronouns he, him, his. … Animals are often called he or she if we know their gender and it matters to us. …
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"sister-site": noun gender

Yes, English technically has no grammatical gender in the sense that nouns are not grammatically masculine/feminine/neuter/etc. …
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