New Zealand's Defence Minister has condemned online trolls who blamed the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui on the gender of its female captain.
The naval vessel ran aground near Samoa and later caught fire and capsized. The minister emphasized that the cause of the incident is still under investigation and that the captain's gender had no bearing on the outcome. He urged the public to refrain from making baseless and sexist assumptions.
The incident has sparked a broader conversation about gender bias in the military.
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New Zealand minister criticises trolling of sunk ship's female captain
New Zealand’s defence minister has criticised "armchair admirals" for suggesting that a female captain’s gender was to blame for the sinking of one of the nation's naval ships. HMNZS Manawanui ran aground one nautical mile from the Samoan island of Upolu on Saturday night while surveying a reef. It later caught fire and capsized.
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Captain's gender had nothing to do with sinking of New Zealand naval ship, says defence minister
New Zealand's Defence Minister on Thursday publicly criticised online trolling of the female captain of a naval vessel that sunk at the weekend, saying while the cause of the incident was unknown, it had nothing to do with the captain’s gender.
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