[nattaylor]

Never thought about that either, but definitely seems like a sign of the times. The writers grew up in the 80s(?) and were writing in the 90s. Many of those occupations (CEO, bartender, principal, clown, police chief, news anchor, etc) were predominantly male. [citation needed]

Edit: Not so sure about my conclusions, as it seems that women made up about ~40% of the US Labor Force by 1990 [0] That article doesn't go into women's roles/titles though.

[0] - http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2009/10/01/the-harried-life-o...