Should we stop referring to Naval vessels as, "She" as it may unknowingly be offensive?

If you have not served, you don't get a vote. Sorry, but those are the rules.

Oh good grief!! I've been a female for almost 63 yrs and I HATE politically correct terminology.

I don't mind them being called "she/her". What confuses me and my Navy (now retired) Son couldn't get it in my head as to why some are boats and most are ships. ;-)

I think we should just call them boats.... ;-)

There is no good reason to employ politically correct language to assuage the angst of a small number of radical feminists. As far as I know, the majority of female military personnel have opposed politically driven changes to traditions regarding the use of terms, names, and language. In many contexts, the use of gender pronouns is intended to be inclusive of both and used to avoid difficult constructs in language use such as "he/she" or "he or she." The use of such language is not intended to offend and no offense should be read into such use of language.

referencing a vessel as she. Been going on for millennia. Now it "bothers" some folk. Must have run out of things to complain about. LOL.
I call my truck a "she". I love my truck. My wife is not bothered, jealous or even offended by it.
So let's counter......should we start referring to vessels, rifles and vehicles as "He"? If someone can state a valid reason, I might go along with it. But.....validity is lost in most arguments these days. Tends toward the "bigger mob" rule. Usually led by, and membered by.....excuse me for a second..... (aehuumm) Morons with no reals sense of purpose.
I stole this excerpt from a Wikipedia input.
"Reference to a ship as "She" is a personification of an object, not an objectification of women. It is one used in reverence, for example as in "Mother-ship" exemplifying the nurturing role of a ship to the safety of its crew. It bestows an empowering rather than derogatory idea of femininity to counterbalance what was traditionally masculine world. Like in all things balance is required."
I find it extremely offensive, that many of my fellow Americans, are so offended by historical and seemingly benign characterizations.....some that are meant for expressing honor or love....and they being turned into demagoguery and hateful discourse....to further someone's agenda to drive hatred towards another group. OK....maybe I'll step on the land mine. But here goes. I'm tough.
Though I am an ardent supporter of equal rights for all, and to include women and equal pay and all of that. I am suspicious of these commentaries as just attacks from folks like man hating feminists who would rather that women rule over men with an iron fist.....and their idiotic male supporters who aren't smart enough to see that the bandwagon they jumped on is a meat slaughter house.
How's that for offense??
Fair winds and following seas, folks. Me and Betsy must head off to earn our pay now.
LMAO

Personally Sir this doesn't bother me at all. I always saw it as tradition and just went with the flow. However, I do understand that it may offend some people but at the same time I think that we can only be so politically correct until we are just being overly sensitive as a society and I think that we are reaching that point if we haven't crossed it yet.

That's a ridiculous question. There are some traditions that should never change. It could only be offensive to the MOST ridiculously sensitive tree-huggers. Political Correctness has already gone too far as it is.

OK, People. This is stupid. Check your history. Sailors have always called their vessels she, as they considered their ships as their wives, or mistresses. They loved their vessels, and knew that they had to treat them with love and respect. That's why the figurehead was usually carved in the likeness of a beautiful woman. As man started to travel the world by other means, he continued to name his vessels after women, and for the same reasons. All of this PC bullshit has gotten so far out of hand lately, it's sickening.

Are you serious?

Hurt feelings cards need to be put away.

Or, while we are at it, we should cancel Christmas-oh wait, we are headed in that direction right now.

So confusing.....