Spanish and Gender

You could write a book (or read one that´s already written) on gender in language, and how it affects society and interpersonal interaction. Here´s a sign that demonstrates a teensy bit of that: in English, this movie was The Tourist, with a title that had no gender, and a movie poster that didn´t reveal which of the two stars was the aformentioned tourist. In Spanish, the title needs a gender: El turista, a title which reveals Johnny Depp, not Angelina Jolie, as ¨the tourist¨.

Basically, gendered language leads you to draw conclusions about something based on just the word used to describe it, before even seeing it - something that´s very dangerous to do with gender and people, and has much further reaching effects than just a movie title.