For me, Virginia, unless the conversation already has me thinking about the ancient world.
Problem of quoting from the middle of the article after they've started shortening her name, combined with this odd thing where male politicians' names usually get shortened to their surnames but female politicians' names oget shortened to their given names seems-like-half of the time. (Hmm. I should start counting uh, see of anybody else has counted, or if I can talk someone into counting, how often that actually happens, and whether it happens more at different levels of politics.)
At least on Twitter it's easier, because there she's AOC.
The article refers to her as Ocasio-Cortez consistently.
The quote you pulled is, itself, a quote from a psychologist named Heldman (name appears in middle of quote), but was not written by the author of the article.
But we can go and examine it in its context to see what is going on...
Problem of quoting from the middle of the article after they've started shortening her name
The solution is the bracket:
"'Alexandria [Ocasio-Cortez] presents a challenge, because conservative men or men in general who are encouraged to objectify women are attracted to her, but she's also 'unmanageable' in that she doesn't exist for them,' Heldman said."
Or even:
"'Alexandria [Ocasio-Cortez, Representative D-NY] presents a challenge, because conservative men or men in general who are encouraged to objectify women are attracted to her, but she's also 'unmanageable' in that she doesn't exist for them,' Heldman said."
Re: Proof of my obsolescence
For me, Virginia, unless the conversation already has me thinking about the ancient world.
Problem of quoting from the middle of the article after they've started shortening her name, combined with this odd thing where male politicians' names usually get shortened to their surnames but female politicians' names oget shortened to their given names seems-like-half of the time. (Hmm. I should
start countinguh, see of anybody else has counted, or if I can talk someone into counting, how often that actually happens, and whether it happens more at different levels of politics.)At least on Twitter it's easier, because there she's AOC.
Re: Proof of my obsolescence
The quote you pulled is, itself, a quote from a psychologist named Heldman (name appears in middle of quote), but was not written by the author of the article.
But we can go and examine it in its context to see what is going on...
Re: Proof of my obsolescence
The solution is the bracket:
"'Alexandria [Ocasio-Cortez] presents a challenge, because conservative men or men in general who are encouraged to objectify women are attracted to her, but she's also 'unmanageable' in that she doesn't exist for them,' Heldman said."
Or even:
"'Alexandria [Ocasio-Cortez, Representative D-NY] presents a challenge, because conservative men or men in general who are encouraged to objectify women are attracted to her, but she's also 'unmanageable' in that she doesn't exist for them,' Heldman said."