I find it fun to read too much into the gender nouns take in a language, even though there's so much having to do with sound and chance rather than anything like deliberate choice or logical influence. F'rex: in Ancient Greek, the word for "young man" is neaniēs, which appears feminine through most of its declension but takes a masculine article*.

* Ancient Greek has gendered/declined articles; unlike the nouns, which prance around being irregular, the articles are consistent.