Maybe gamergate is winning
Loyal readers will remember I wrote a think piece arguing that gamergate—the loose grouping of internet gamers seen by its critics as misogynistic and by its advocates as a campaign for ethics in...
View ArticleCan we stop talking about the alleged ‘gender wage gap’ now?
Many are boasting good news on the ‘gender wage gap’—I agree, it’s great news: the Office for National Statistics’ findings offer more proof that wage gaps have very little to do with gender, and much...
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Sometimes men and women want different things
Sometimes men and women want different things. Their actions in labour markets are one example of this. That’s OK, even if it results from socially constructed gender roles, so long as it leads to good...
View ArticleMen are not ‘over’, women are not discriminated against
In what seems to me slightly contradictory, two popular modern memes hold that, firstly, we are experiencing ‘the end of men’, who are steadily being eclipsed by women in many levels of academia, areas...
View ArticleInterrogating the evidence: women in academia
Lots of women have experienced individual instances of discrimination in academic settings. Women are underrepresented, relative to their half of the population, in some academic fields. Most people...
View ArticleIt takes time to grow a General you know
The latest wafflery on the subject of gender equality is over the in German armed forces. The Germany army must introduce quotas to boost the number of female officers, the country’s Defence minister...
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Non-discrimination laws matter least in helping women advance
On January 12th, the International Labour Organization – a specialized agency of the United Nations – published its global report “Gaining Momentum: Women in Business and Management.” The report -...
View ArticleSo who did cook Adam Smith’s dinner then?
Much excitement over in Grauniadland as a new book comes out talking about why that economically rational man so beloved of us neoliberals could not ever be the economically rational woman. Because,...
View ArticleThe most frustrating Vox article ever
The internet has made everybody audible. And, as a result, anybody can become a victim of a pitchfork-wielding mob, if you happen to say something online that the mob wants silenced. Nowhere has this...
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No, John is not responsible for gender gaps
Gender baiting has launched again in the United States, but this time it’s personal. Quite literally – the oppressors’ names are John. From The New York Times: Fewer large companies are run by women...
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