Tag Archive: Birdwatcher Calls RSPB Poster ‘Sexist’ for Showing Female Birds as Smaller than Males


on May 17, 2021 in World News

Birdwatcher Calls RSPB Poster ‘Sexist’ for Showing Female Birds as Smaller than Males

by Dylan Gwinn A teenage birdwatching influencer has taken aim at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for a poster depicting female members of bird species as smaller than males. Mya-Rose Craig, 19, known to many as ‘Birdgirl,’ took to Twitter to blast a poster showing different-sized birds as an example of “sexism in birding.” “If you aren’t into nature, you won’t know that when you go into #birdwatching hides there are often posters up to help you with bird ID,” Craig wrote. “But why should female birds always be shown as a smaller picture insert??...

by Dylan Gwinn A teenage birdwatching influencer has taken aim at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for a poster depicting female members of bird species as smaller than males. Mya-Rose Craig, 19, known to many...

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