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.
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.
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.
Humans are.
And there was no ambiguity - the author's name, "Maria", was at the top of the article.
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.