Is that exclusive to the book? All I've ever been exposed to were the Disney cartoons, and while I don't recall if male pronouns were used or not, Pooh had a distinctively male voice actor in that. Is it a difference in adaptation?
Oh no I mean like, Winnie the Pooh (the children’s books and cartoon and stuff) was based on an actual story of a bear named Winnie who as a cub was bought and owned by a Canadian lieutenant back around the time of WWI. He took her everywhere with his regiment until he figured it wasn’t safe so she was kept at a Zoo in England. From there, Milne and his son Christopher Robin visited Winnie at the Zoo a bunch of times and it inspired him to write the children’s books on Winnie the Pooh.
Winnie’s name is based on the province ‘Winnipeg’ because its where the lieutenant was from. That’s about all I remember from the story.