Excuse me for asking, but if an elderly man won the Poetry Crown at the Eisteddfod, would he be subject to a headline "Grandfather wins ...."? Somehow I doubt it. Here we have a wonderful poet, with a 1st class honors degree but the BBC (who really should know better) define her in a maternal role. Nice example of gender stereotyping.
Update: Some hours after I posted this the BBC changed "Grandmother" to "Translator" Now can I claim the credit?
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You could have picked a better example of BBC stereotyping. It's only the article link that refers to her as a grandmother, it's not mentioned in the article itself once...
Not that there isn't a useful discussion to be had about BBC - and more general media - stereotyping, both on gender and indeed on age.
Posted by Jim Millen | August 3, 2010 12:51 PM
Posted on August 3, 2010 12:51
But that is exactly why I piked it Jim. There is nothing in the story which justifies the heading - is pure labeling
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August 3, 2010 1:52 PM
Posted on August 3, 2010 13:52
A purist would claim that we only have correlation and no proof of causality, but I'd say, yes, you should claim credit for the change and leave to others to prove you wrong. A sort of misapplication of Popper's Falseability.
Posted by Steve Holt | August 3, 2010 7:31 PM
Posted on August 3, 2010 19:31