Uganda, Sept. 9 -- The issue of "gendered content" has been a subject of discussion in media and academic circles for years...

Our regular reader Atujune Dragan has in the last one month raised two complaints about gender representations in Daily Monitor. First it was the use of the term weatherman instead of the gender-neutral weather forecaster in the story, "Weatherman warns of heavy rains this month" (August 3), and then in another story three weeks later, "Weatherman issues 10-day rainfall forecast" (August 21).

The issue of "gendered content" has been a subject of discussion in media and academic circles for years, with many postulating that the gender behind the editing or reporting desk has an influence on how the final story is...