Shikha Dalmia on Sexism at the New York Times

The New York Times‘ firing of its
first female executive editor, Jill Abramson, who led her paper to
eight Pulitzer victories in three short years, elicited howls of
protests from her sister scribes. And with good reason. After
changing his story several times, the publisher, Arthur Sulzberger,
finally explained that the real reason Abramson—who had the gothic
“T” of the Times tattooed on her arm—got the boot was her
“abrasive” and “high handed” management style which, as far as they
are concerned, is sexism.

Reasond Foundation Senior Analyst notes that unlike other
feminist complaints about wage gaps, not enough female CEOs, tax
payer-covered birth pills, and, the emerging cause celeb, the
absence of paid menstrual leave, this one actually might be
valid.

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