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Because Latin had three genders, from which Spanish only kept two: feminine and masculine and less frequent neuter, which is reduced to adjectives plus the use of "lo, ello, esto, eso or aquello."

Hay que ver lo valiente que es --- you have to see how brave he is.

Eso no es de lo que te hablé ---- that is not what I talked you about.

Masculine gender is mostly preferred in collective groups, but it can include both genders:

Los niños son traviesos (masculine, collective)--- boys are mischievous; children are mischievous. Only the context avoids confusion.

Las ratas son asquerosas (feminine, collective) --- rats are naughty.

The better question would be Why does English not have genders? considering that nearly every other Indo-European language has at least two genders if not three.

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