Or I can, seeing how swiftly gender sign (which really has little to do with medieval things) came on top of messages 
The gender indicator is an OOC aid to players. It has nothing at all to do with being medieval. It has everything to do with being helpful by allowing the players to accurately address letters without having to jump through three or fours screens to find out if you're writing a letter to Queen Kepler or King Kepler. This facilitates the improvement of the atmosphere by removing the silly OOC mistake we often make due to gender confusion with made up names.
The fact that it went in quickly is due to the fact that it was easy, helpful, required no database modifications, and had absolutely no effect on game balance in any way.
