Commentary
Sexism against women in academia, we’re constantly told, is rampant. It’s not. The author Virginia Sole-Smith recently argued that the desire to be slim, one shared by many women around the world, is a product of the patriarchy. No, it’s not. The actor Joshua Jackson recently blasted the men of America for abusing their supposed privilege. No, they’re not. It’s time to end the myth of the disempowered female and overly privileged male once and for all.
