I apologize for the unrelated question, but does anyone know why some headlines are so scared to use the word 'and'? The comma is so out of place and makes it unecessarly hard to read

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago

In this example the word 'and' could convey:

that the only parts of society affected are women and doctors (implies a finite list)
that the 'and' itself implies a 'we thought it was just affecting women, but it also affects doctors too?! Who knew?!'

The comma in this example provides a list effect, it's naming two groups but not implying that they're the only ones affected.

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