Why is the earth described as female (e. g. Mother Earth)? Why has this characterization persisted for centuries? Explain.

Only time will tell whether the Paris Climate Conference, the 21st of its kind, will revitalize the global climate change movement. After years of disappointment, global leaders are gathered in France again this week to debate a number of proposed solutions to a critical problem (including ways to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius). What can be predicted with relative certainty, however, is that the term “Mother Nature” will be bandied about politicians, scientists, and pundits over the next few days. Unfortunately, the idea that women and nature are inherently linked is a tacit acceptance of their mutual exploitation.

Even as we have spent decades subjugating the power of Earth, American children have been taught to address the environment as “Mother Nature.” The idea that the Earth is a parental figure because it sustains us is a comforting analogy. But what we do not learn as children, and are often not taught as we age, is the harm caused by gendered and sexist language that reinforce gender stereotypes and hierarchies.

Explanation:

rising action   i think i did this not sure

basic principle: a pronoun usually refers to something earlier in the text (its antecedent) and must agree in number — singular/plural — with the thing to which it refers. the indefinite pronouns anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one, and nobody are always singular.