editorial sexism

[realthog]

Among many great ones, there are some abominably stupid editors out there (I just hope too many people don’t too often regard me as one of the latter), but the experience related here by writer Bev Vincent must surely take the biscuit. It seems the editor concerned has a peculiarly ignorant, myopic and dimwittedly simplistic take on the range of human behaviour and is busily stamping it -- or attempting to stamp it -- on the rest of the world.

All power to Bev Vincent's elbow for refusing to allow such crap.

[[48-page thoggish rant omitted]]

Thanks to cussedness for posting the link I followed.

Comments

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

“And I can’t think of many guys from [setting] who call home every Sunday afternoon to talk to their family”

As a divorced father who does just that (and still do even though my sons are in their twenties), I'm gobsmacked.

I wonder what the editor in question would have made of Evelyn Waugh, or of my teacher Tracy Strong?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I wonder what the editor in question would have made of Evelyn Waugh, or of my teacher Tracy Strong?"

Or of the great UK literary agent Hilary Rubinstein, or of anyone in the UK called Robin, or . . .?

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

...Laurie Lee?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Or for that matter Marion Morrison.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Who, for some reason, is always the American right-winger's standard of manliness.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Who, for some reason, is always the American right-winger's standard of manliness."

Despite being quite obviously a girl.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

What does one say about Greer Garson?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

How can I possibly answer that question when my wife might read this page?

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Are you insinuating that Pam, who calls you her Dearest, might heat up to, oh, two or three million Scoville units, if you were to admit to a vicarious affection for a movie star who's been dead for thirteen years?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Ssssh!