Why are we calling "Mother Earth"? Why not a "Father Earth"?
Probably because of Gaia (Greek goddess called Mother Earth):\nhttp://www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Gaia.html\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(mythology)\n\nYou should study mythology and folklore. Apart from being fascinating and interesting, alot of our concepts today are derived from mythology.
This has been asked and answered in yahoo answers before. Here are just a couple of the previous entries...\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgfwfaRVlbHO_Jp9WThp6vojzKIX?qid=20060928031135AAMRqHI\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akl.IVeWxzTmFjYyHHUMRnAjzKIX?qid=20061020114220AAZQ1jj