Isn't there also sort of an historical trend to refer to women by first name, men by last name? For that reason alone I'm honestly a little surprised but pleasantly so that they landed on Harris vs Kamala!
Right, exactly! It was honestly one of my first thoughts when Biden dropped out and endorsed her. Like here we go again with man's last name vs woman's first name. This is refreshing.
Wow, here in Boston I've never heard "Friedman" mispronounced, but my "Freeman" often gets uncorrected to Freedman/Friedman. (Possibly Jewish husband has something to do with it.)
I've been mulling over the firstname/lastname thing too, thinking back to "I like Ike" and "I'm just wild about Harry" and so on. Aside from the sexism, it may be that women have more distinctive/varied names (thus better name recognition). If Hillary and Kamala had been named Mary and Amy, would we be so ready to use first names?
Yes, that's another factor — there's always going to be the question of what sounds best when you're coining a slogan. (They probably should have nixed "Stick with Dick," though.)
Isn't there also sort of an historical trend to refer to women by first name, men by last name? For that reason alone I'm honestly a little surprised but pleasantly so that they landed on Harris vs Kamala!
It's kind of a demeaning trend, but a trend nonetheless.
Right, exactly! It was honestly one of my first thoughts when Biden dropped out and endorsed her. Like here we go again with man's last name vs woman's first name. This is refreshing.
Wow, here in Boston I've never heard "Friedman" mispronounced, but my "Freeman" often gets uncorrected to Freedman/Friedman. (Possibly Jewish husband has something to do with it.)
I've been mulling over the firstname/lastname thing too, thinking back to "I like Ike" and "I'm just wild about Harry" and so on. Aside from the sexism, it may be that women have more distinctive/varied names (thus better name recognition). If Hillary and Kamala had been named Mary and Amy, would we be so ready to use first names?
Well, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (understandably) used “Amy for America" during her 2020 presidential campaign.
Yes, that's another factor — there's always going to be the question of what sounds best when you're coining a slogan. (They probably should have nixed "Stick with Dick," though.)
I'd say "they had to know what they were doing" but: https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/14xz42k/they_cant_lick_our_dick_american_button_produced/
Oh, they knew what they were doing. It wasn't an official slogan, though.
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Agreed. Using "Harris" means equal footing, not to mention one less opportunity for name-mongering. We all know what happened with "Obama."