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You're right! And how many times have we seen female names described as belonging to a woman who is "big, hefty in jeans too tight, spiky red heels, huge sprayed-out hair dyed either platinum blonde or dead-black, cigarette dangling, dragon-lady fingernails, makeup thick as paint, laughing too loud at nothing much in bars hoping some man will buy her next drink"? As an example. I don't recall ever seeing a male name described as belonging to a man who is too big, wears tacky clothes, has cheap personal grooming, smokes, laughs too loudly, and is looking for transient female companionship from which to benefit monetarily. The only thing I can recall is when I myself have described Asa or Ezra as belonging to an overweight man who wears overalls with no shirt.

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Gender bias.

This message was edited 1/15/2018, 3:38 PM