BTR1701
2017-09-06 21:37:27 UTC
In today's installment of "No, really. They're serious about this shit", we
present CNN, which is reporting that gender bias extends to hurricanes.
Specifically, that since people don't take women seriously, they don't take
hurricanes with female names seriously, either, leading to lack of
preparedness and more deaths from female-named storms.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8FgCLilQkJw
This is reminiscent of congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, when she
complained to NOAA that hurricane names are "too white sounding" and
requested that future storm names better represent black people. Presumably
she wants to see a Hurricane D'Andre or Hurricane L'Queesha.
present CNN, which is reporting that gender bias extends to hurricanes.
Specifically, that since people don't take women seriously, they don't take
hurricanes with female names seriously, either, leading to lack of
preparedness and more deaths from female-named storms.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8FgCLilQkJw
This is reminiscent of congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, when she
complained to NOAA that hurricane names are "too white sounding" and
requested that future storm names better represent black people. Presumably
she wants to see a Hurricane D'Andre or Hurricane L'Queesha.