An astrophysicist writes on Reddit about why she will no longer use the patronising and condescending term YL
In a thought provoking article Yvette Cendes KB3HTS highlights the serious gender imbalance in amateur radio. She notes fewer than 15% of US hams are women and says: Ham radio is not terribly good at making women feel like they belong in the field”, “I have long ago lost count how many patronizing comments I got in QSOs and “creepy old guy” comments.
Regarding the century-old term “YL” Yvette says: being called a YL is starting to feel really patronizing and condescending to me, in a way related to calling a grown man “boy.”
You can read her article at
https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/3zqkb1/
on_gender_imbalances_in_ham_radio_and_why_i_will/
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