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</div></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p>She's also known for taking her hairless cat on every voyage.</p><p><br></p><div id="88eba" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="396f260b7d7b5dd31d3196e62bdac764"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p>Given her popularity and the fact it's rare for a woman to be a captain of a mega-ship, she runs into the occasional sexist comment online. Captain McCue normally avoids interacting with trolls, but she gave a perfect response when someone asked her, "How can you be a captain? Your only a woman."<br></p><p>She posted a video on TikTok addressing the sexist comment while dressed in her captain's uniform, standing on the bridge of her ship.</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@captainkatemccue/video/6879772226510523653" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="6879772226510523653" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@captainkatemccue" target="_blank" title="@captainkatemccue">@captainkatemccue</a> Reply to @seamus272 <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/yourewelcome" target="_blank" title="yourewelcome">##yourewelcome</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp" target="_blank" title="fyp">##fyp</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou" target="_blank" title="foryou">##foryou</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/captain" target="_blank" title="captain">##captain</a><br> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6879773158946212614" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - captainkatemccue">♬ original sound - captainkatemccue</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script></div><p>"Normally as I'm scrolling through comments and see something like this, I totally ignore it and move on with my life," she said.</p><p>"But I think it's about high time that I address this, because it's 2020," she said before the big twist, "and in this day and age I'm shocked that someone still doesn't know the difference between 'you're' and 'your'."</p><p><span></span>"Just a quick reference: 'you're', as in 'you are', as in 'you are sexist,'" she explained.</p><p>"Don't worry, I'm here for you," she says. "If you need any more clarification, you can find me here – in my captain's chair."</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="202" src="https://giphy.com/embed/OJw4CDbtu0jde" width="480"></iframe><p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/titanic-movie-night-OJw4CDbtu0jde"></a></p></div><p>While most people would have just shut down the troll for being sexist, Captain McCue found a way to point out he's stupid in two ways. She also provided a grammar lesson that folks still need desperately. Mistaking "your" for "you're" has to be one of the most common grammar infractions one sees on social media.<br></p><p>Captain McCue credits the cruise industry's innate diversity for making it easy for a woman to become captain of a mega-ship. </p><p>"I don't have war stories. I know that's not the case for everyone, but I've been really blessed in my career," she told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/travel/captain-kate-mccue-women-celebrity-cruises.html" target="_blank">The New York Times.</a> </p><p>"I have only worked on international flagships where everyone is a minority of some sort. Most of us have a different religion, sexual orientation, nationality," she continued. "When I was promoted I never got negative judgment from the crew, and I think the secret is that I was always surrounded by diversity."</p><p><br><br></p>From Your Site Articles
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