She’s participating in these “first woman” stories rather than just doing the job. She gets what she gets.
She’s angling for something better: Hollywood.
A woman that good looking with that job story is already lining up interviews...
Makes sense. You’re the first woman in X job and the media comes to your place of business and wants to do a story. Of course you say “no” because it will ingratiate you to the people who hired you and you have no desire to let other women know that a previously inaccessible vocation is now open to them.
One other question, is she allowed to take off her burka before the stoning?
Point is, it’s not the women (or blacks, or whatever) who invite derision for “fist-whatever” stories, it’s the media. And even then, at least in this case, I can’t fault them too much. Bottom line is, it’s an interesting story. That’s what they do.