Does grammatical gender have any reality?

While we know that grammatical gender is arbitrary (not related to the real world sex of the item denoted), can it still have some reality for speakers? This fascinating article explores this topic:
http://www.geocurrents.info/population-geography/gender/islamic-fatwas-grammatical-gender-translation-beware-sexualized-vegetables

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