Take a look at this headline in the Telegraph about Rona Fairhead, the former Financial Times chief executive who is expected to become the first female chair of the BBC Trust.
@EverydaySexism this wouldn't have been the headline if it was a man! Shame on the telegraph. pic.twitter.com/g3j4x3KeyB
— Lucy Goldsmith (@wvhtlucy) August 31, 2014
Mother of three? Sure. But what about longtime businesswoman with an MBA from Harvard Business School, former employee at Bain & Company and Morgan Stanley, former CEO of Bombardier's UK Aerospace Services and non-executive director at HSBC Holdings?
Readers were quick to spot the gaffe:
Is this really one of your headlines @Telegraph - who'll make her husband's dinner? Via @wvhtlucy #everydaySexism pic.twitter.com/v3CtU0d5EQ
— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) August 31, 2014
way to be, @Telegraph RT @EverydaySexism: This is 2014 pic.twitter.com/LBfjHjpH7U via @wvhtlucy
— bb (@beebigelow) August 31, 2014
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