"Girls need more career help, says Clegg's wife Miriam" Grrrr

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Portofino · 08/10/2013 12:54

BBC link here.

I like some of her comments but despite the fact they mention that she out earns her husband, the headline still seems to place her as being worthy of an opinion because of who she is married too.

What's wrong with "says top lawyer"?

Maybe I am just being pissy.....

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Portofino · 08/10/2013 20:23

It is.

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 08/10/2013 20:16

Oh, porto.

You've not understood this modern world, have you?

But seriously ... isn't it a load of shit?!

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Portofino · 08/10/2013 20:15

She is a top international lawyer. Why should her opinion not be worth listening to? What she said was perfectly valid. It makes me a bit sad that it only got reported (probably) because of who her husband is, rather than because of who she is.

I also secretly wondered if she knows Xenia

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WoTmania · 08/10/2013 20:03

I'm with you OP. It's ridiculous that they seem to think people will only know who she is if you mention her male partner and the head line implies that it's only worth reporting what she says because of who she's married to. How very dare she not take her husband's name and still expect people to know who she is (and listen to her! )

unfortunatedischarge · 08/10/2013 19:04

Irony alert..

however, if they didn't mention who she was married to..wouldn't we all wonder why she was being asked her opinion specifically? It would be different if it were say

"Girls need more career help, says Clinton's wife Hillary"

But certainly the headline could do with a less 1950s headline

LRDtheFeministDragon · 08/10/2013 13:02

Yeah, that's quite funny it's so bad.

Of course, porto, the press does have a very difficult dilemma, as the wretched woman didn't change her name, so if they refer to her by name, how would we know who she was married to?!

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