OT:<p>&quot;Why do we always refer to female public figures by their first name, and male ones by their last?&quot;<p>I heard&#x2F;read that question somewhere, and it stuck with me, can&#x27;t stop seeing it. And this is a fine example of that.<p>Google results:<p>&quot;Clinton email scandal&quot; 41M results.<p>&quot;Hillary email scandal&quot; 48M results.<p>Yes, I <i>do</i> realize hers is a special case, and it&#x27;s necessary to use her first name to disambiguate wrt to Bill. But the phenomenon exists. Just some thing to keep in mind.<p>[Edit:<p>&quot;<i>In the tennis commentary, women athletes were called by only their first names 52.7% of the time, while men were referred to by only their first names 7.8% of the time.</i>&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.la84.org&#x2F;gender-stereotyping-in-televised-sports&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.la84.org&#x2F;gender-stereotyping-in-televised-sports&#x2F;</a><p>]