Gender nouns

Is there a point in nouns having a gender? I was always told it removes confusion, ironically the opposite is true for me anyway.

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"I took an egg and a spoon. They where both very clean. Then I hit the table with it."

It's ambiguous, you're right, and that's why no one would ever say it that way in languages without gender nouns. Instead, in natural English for example, you'd say "I took an egg and a spoon. They where both very clean. Then I hit the table with the egg."

Also, what if you had a turnip [she] and spoon [she] instead?

"I took [she] turnip and [she] spoon. They where both very clean. Then I hit [he] table with HER."

The ambiguity would be back.