Did you know that LDS women “flock”, “swarm”, and “buzz”?
Posted by bfwebster on April 29, 2009
Posted under LDS Society, Main, Media, Politics, Press
This morning’s Salt Lake Tribune has the following story headline and opening sentence:
LDS women flock to upcoming BYU Women’s Conference
More than 20,000 Mormon women will swarm the campus of Brigham Young University next week, buzzing about mothering, marriage, the media and dozens of other spiritual and secular topics.
It prompted me to write Peggy Stack (the author of the piece) this e-mail:
“LDS Women Flock”? Would you (or the Trib) use that verb to describe (a) a NOW or Emily’s List conference, (b) an LDS Priesthood conference, or (c) any non-religious gathering of men (or, for that matter, women)? The headline has a whiff of religious and/or sexist condescension. Same question for the use of the verbs “swarm” and “buzz” in the first sentence.
What do you think? ..bruce..
May 2nd, 2009 at 07:30
Bruce, apparently veterans also swarm, at least in the Trib. Did you ever get an answer to your question?