Why do women here call their bags for "her"?

[Dorf]

I find it a bit strange Us men would never call our bags for him (I suppose!)

 

[itsmree]

Many men call their cars "her" and I as a woman, have never done that maybe because we baby our bags as many people baby their cars?

 

[fabuleux]

Hehe... Especially weird because most of these bags are masculine in French... with a few exceptions!

Le Speedy
L'Alma (masc)
Le Keepall
Le Twist
Le Noé
Le Neverfull
Le Montaigne
Le Voltaire

This is because we implicitly refer to "le sac Speedy", sac being a masculine noun.

On the other hand, everything that's a pochette or a suitcase would be referred to with a feminine article:

La pochette Métis
La pochette Clés
La valise Pégase

The particulars of Latin languages 😃😃😃

 

[lincer]

Since English is not my first language I have no troubles to call my bag "it".
But it is "she" in our language.

 

[love2learn]

LOL!! I don't know? I do it I guess because these are special? As itsmree said, we tend to baby our bags. And it sounds better than referring to the bag as "it" or having to type the name of the bag every time? I would never call my contemporary bags "her", they're not nearly as special to me. I don't know Dorf, but I got a smile and chuckle out of your thread

 

[umlm]

maybe it's easier to carry a "she" or her than he/him

 

[MarraC]

My bags have always been female and my cars male. No idea why but they are too pretty to be called John or Bob.

 

[anabg]

Yeah. Bags gotta be girls.

 

[southernbelle82]

I suppose I've never thought about it. But I do refer to my speedy as "her". [emoji4] She's my baby and I love "her"!

 

[hrhsunshine]

That is a great observation and question. I think many TPFrs see bags as more than just something that carries their stuff. Bags are very special and we ADORE them. To say "it" just doesn't convey the love I have for my bags.

 

[onmymind24seven]

My bags have always been female and my cars male. No idea why but they are too pretty to be called John or Bob.

hahaha +1 exactly that!

 

[LuxBoy_AJ]

Haha funny this topic came up, I have also wondered that after watching a lot of youtube videos haha. I always call my bags "it"

 

[vernis-lover]

I am female and I have never given my bags or cars a gender. Wouldn't even occur to me.

 

[scndlslv]

My bags and cars are feminine and the really special ones have names. My Birkin is named Brigitte and my cars are Scandalous, Lovesexy, and Adore (named after Prince songs).

 

[chessmont]

My bags are "it"