# Responsibility to not perpetuate stereotypes.

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 29, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responsibility-to-not-perpetuate-stereotypes/541222 "2010-05-29T20:34:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responsibility-to-not-perpetuate-stereotypes/541222/21 "2010-05-31T01:41:12Z")

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> But yes, “pilot” is usually assumed to be male, even today.

I once knew a lady online who was working a job to support her hobby of air-show stunt-piloting. Her day job? Flight attendant. How many people on one of her flights, I wonder, would have guessed that she was a fully-qualified pilot, too?

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