Studying A-level English, your question is quite easy to answer.
Why do people think Dog's are male and Cats are female? In this case, they don't, but, it is because of the characteristics of the animal.
The reason i wrote her, is because I wrote Choccy. If I would have wrote Chocolate, I would have wrote He. Names are linked to gender, and gender linked to names. Sometimes, there are crossovers. Such as where two people have the same name. And when you can type a stupid amount of words p/m on a keyboard, one little word doesn't make that much difference.....
Although I know apologise!
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