“Stewardess” would certainly have caught my eye, but I can’t honestly say whether or not I’d have remarked on it.
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That’s my Thing!
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Nor I. I did notice the female flight attendant in the headline. I don’t know if I would have noticed stewardess.
That is the question. From what I know of Mark, he wouldn’t make that choice consciously. But we all have internalized ambient sexism. It’s a consequence of living in a sexist society. It’s only shameful, IMHO, if we choose to ignore it when called out on it. I personally doubt Mark objects to being called out on it.
OTOH, @Wanderfound could be correct. Maybe it was a conscious decision to appeal to prurient interests.
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Once for change the headline is factual and not overblown… and it’s wrong again?!?
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No, it’s there because for a majority of people, when they think of “doctor” or “lawyer” or “programmer” or even “flight attendant” (as opposed to stewardess), they assume it’s a man unless told otherwise. The headline is worded that way because 1) otherwise readers wouldn’t automatically know it’s women fighting rather than men, and 2) it’s considered somehow important to know this detail.
I used to play a little game whenever I got sick of the sexism in my industry, in which I would carry on a conversation for quite a few minutes about someone only referred to by their job title, being very crafty to never use a pronoun, and only then casually drop some indication that the doctor was a woman or the nurse was a man, etc. Every single time, the look on the other person’s face would be priceless, as they realized the image they had in their mind was wrong. Most people don’t know they’re doing it, but they do make generalized assumptions about sex, race, age, etc. instantaneously in their minds, even if they correct themselves before they say anything.
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With flight attendant? I’d imagine the default image for most people is of a woman.
Certainly is for me. Not that I’m going to say that’s better.
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[quote=“shevett, post:35, topic:73182”]
Why not just say “Two flight attendants?”
[/quote]Because correctly, it would be “Two cabin crew.”
Source: Ex-Cabin Crew. Also, most definitely a dude, before anyone makes that mistake again. I already get enough creepy PMs every time it comes up on reddit, thank you.
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Buh-bye.
Pacific Banana! I am suitably impressed…
Relevant (but only watch the first couple minutes if you’re at work):
Perhaps because outside of Imaginistan, the reality is women get in fistfights with other women less than men get in fistfights with other men?
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Next up: Delta announces fare increase for their new in-flight entertainment.
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I can hear Quentin Tarantino going 'Hmm… That could work.".
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Simply because it is more unusual for two women to engage in fisticuffs than two men or a man and a woman. More unusual equals more clicks…
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“Two crew” sounds horrible to me. But I’m not IN THE BIZ.
But the scariest part
of the story from the start
is I bet you assumed the doctor was a man!
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Considering all the shows that do get renewed, why not that one? WHY? What is wrong with TV executives?
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What isn’t wrong with TV executives?
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[quote=“telecinese, post:58, topic:73182”]
“Two crew” sounds horrible to me. But I’m not IN THE BIZ.
[/quote]No no no, my friend, CABIN crew. Crew would also mean pilots, or any other airline staff aboard in an official capacity.
Airline nonclamature and abbreviations - Get to know it, learn to love it, or get driven slowly insane till you’re gibbering in the aisles trying to strip your uniform off to do a galley-to-galley nudie run.
For which, inevitably, there will be an acronym or bit of irritatingly specific nomenclature.
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