A student pilot successfully landed a plane by herself after her instructor jumped to his death mid-flight.
She said her instructor told her “You know what to do” before leaping from the aircraft.
The article shows a picture of the instructor next to an image of a small single engine cessna.
Comment reads: You could literally land a plane by yourself after your instructor jumps to his death mid-flight and they’d still use a picture of a man.
This is a post in a women’s group about a common trope that the media engages in when they’re covering a story about women.
We don’t actually need men to mansplain this to us.
I know I’m late to all this but I actually enjoyed learning that they withheld her picture because she requested it. I was over here sharpening the pitchfork and it was a relief to not need to light the torch.
The way it was presented I was like, “yeah! it’s always this way!” But with a dab of context I’m like, “Yeah! Good point! Glad they didn’t ignore her wishes anyway!”
Yeah if they had stated that fact on it’s own and if it hadn’t come from a condescending man, the fact itself would be welcome here! I was also relieved to know she had requested to not have her picture shown.
It is still odd to me that they pictured the man in the story since suicides are often not reported on anyway. And I enjoy getting into the nitty gritty of respectfully talking about these topics with other women!