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Her little Robinson. I do believe it probably says something about preconceived notions that, of the mere half dozen comments accumulated so far, this mistake
by dTal 8y ago
Her little Robinson.
I do believe it probably says something about preconceived notions that, of the mere half dozen comments accumulated so far, this mistake has been made twice already.
- massivecali 8y agoIt says nothing more than English is a male language. And ambiguous titling defaults to he (or they).
- dTal 8y agoA "male language"? What does that mean? And there was no ambiguity - the author's name, "Maria", was at the top of the article.
- Ntrails 8y agoI don't tend to read the name of the author of an article, because there is essentially zero chance that I'll remember the name and frankly I don't care who they are. I suspect that most people tend to read in their own gender in absence of other cues? I have a strong memory of going through the first chapter of a book completely misgendering the protaganist. Fortunately it wasn't a "doctor -> man" bias situation, just "person walking through park describing view/situation", otherwise I'd have been super angry at myself.
- massivecali 8y agoI was taking the HN preferred side of giving the poster the benefit of the best possible interpretation, which in this case means in the condition of proper pronoun usage, English defaults to male pronouns for the unknown, or sometimes an ambiguous they. I don't read names in the modern age because I have no clue what foreign names are male or female. Nor would I be so bold as to assume.
- HeWhoLurksLate 8y agoThat's funny- as I read it, I was definitely thinking the author was female. Not sure what that means, if anything, but I didn't even check the author's name until after noticing a bunch of people saying "he". Humans are.
- blhack 8y agoAbout 93% of pilots are men. https://www.wai.org/resources/waistats https://www.wai.org/resources/waistats
- digikazi 8y agoThere's nothing sinister about me getting her gender wrong. I read the article very quickly at work, on my phone, so I missed certain parts. I have saved it though, so I can enjoy it later in peace and quiet. I don't tend to look up the author's name. And finally, English isn't my first language. When the gender isn't immediately obvious I default to my own.