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Q&A Why do newswriters separate women when they report on disasters?

It's commonly known that the news reports female casualties separately. As in "four people were shot, including one woman". What is the reasoning behind this? Is anyone who knows about the news rep...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by James Altizer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:31:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/28296
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar James Altizer‭ · 2019-12-08T06:31:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
It's commonly known that the news reports female casualties separately. As in "four people were shot, including one woman". What is the reasoning behind this? Is anyone who knows about the news reporting process able to answer?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-05-26T17:55:26Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 7