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New Zealand ship didn’t sink because its captain was a woman, the ‘appalled’ defense minister says (apnews.com)
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“Seriously, it’s 2024,” Judith Collins told reporters Thursday. “What the hell’s going on here?”

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That headline confused me, because I thought this was some new, weird misogyny. Just from the headline, it sounds like they were saying a ship crashed but did not sink, and the reason it didn't sink id that the ship's Captain was a woman.

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's what I thought, too. I thought they were accusing her of being a witch or something. It took me a while to figure it out.