Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer resigns

Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by alistairSH on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:15PM (#14548206)

You're correct - it's a sexist thing. I'm not sure malice is intended, but that doesn't make it fair or right.

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by Grustaf on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:29PM (#14548338)

Why is it worse to be called [title] [lastname] than just [lastname]? Isn't it just different?

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by alistairSH on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:33PM (#14548387)

I'm not sure - I was agreeing with the use of "Marissa" over the forms that include her surname (Meyer, Ms. Meyer, Marissa Meyer).

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by thiht on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:39PM (#14548429)

Elon Musk is frequently called Elon. I guess it's disempowering to, according to your logic.

Or maybe it's just because saying "Elon" or "Marissa" is enough to know whom we're talking about

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