Hildy Johnson starts off as a male reporter in the beginning of the book.

For the hottest vectors of fire, no old, ugly male reporters are being considered.

One young male reporter left in tears and said he would not cover such a case again.

"A certain young male reporter has been getting obscene phone calls," West went on, 'and guess what?

He would have said the same things to a male reporter.

A construction worker sneered to a male reporter, "If you were a woman, then.

(It was written instead by a male reporter on cultural affairs.)

Our male Bold reporter, in blue, felt abandoned.

For example, the gap between black female and white male reporters averaged about $190 a week during negotiations.

Why were there more than nine male reporters for every one female?