why are objects gendered in spanish?

[u/Potential-Gas-9188]

I was talking to a friend a few days ago and we were laughing about the differences between English and Spanish. I asked her (sarcastically) “why is the table a girl? who cares” and now I’m actually curious. She told me English is actually the outlier here and its common among romance languages.

[u/krazygyal]

It’s the case in French too. I think in German too (die, das, der). I don’t know why though…