On "Pets" and "Its"
Animal Person
MARCH 18, 2010
When referring to cats, dogs and horses of unknown sex, the children would randomly assign sex, with the conventionally "prettier" animals being called "she." I remember that as a child I called all cats "she" and dogs "he" in the absence of a name. We do that with cats and dogs already, right? That makes sense to me.
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