I’ve seen it on Instagram - in captions on photos. No reasons given…simply the captions describing the image. I’ve seen a lot of herbalists use male and female pronouns to speak about plants but I’ve always understood that a bit – plants have been written about for centuries in terms of being male and female.
The masculine herbs are those which are possessed of strong, fiery vibrations…the feminine herbs are plants which are quieter, softer, subtler softer in their effects. -Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Scott Cunningham)
I used to follow a number of herbalists on Instagram and almost every one spoke of plants in this way.
Until the harvestperson caption and (can’t think of where I’ve seen daddy/mommy-long-legs but I did - maybe the same user?), I hadn’t imagined anyone was actively trying to gender neutralize daddy long legs.
It reminded me of this thread and that is why I posed the question.