I am puzzled and fascinated by the gendering of inanimate objects, such as when "lady" cars have eyelashes stuck over the headlights. More recently, I have been both puzzled and irritated by the gendering of a space: a "man cave"-decorated medical clinic that I visited. The DriverCheck man cave Immigration paperwork sent me deep into industrial Kitchener. The closest service provider was DriverCheck, a company that specializes in occupational medical assessments. They formed specifically to … [Read more...]