Are Book Publishers To Blame For Gender Discrimination?

Are Book Publishers To Blame For Gender Discrimination?

The results clearly showed that venerable publications such as The Paris Review, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Book Review and The Atlantic cover significantly more works by male authors.

One of the greatest offenders, The New Republic, reviewed over four times as many books by men than those by women. Similar results were reported for The London Review of Books. The survey also looked at the staffing of these publications, and the results were also overwhelmingly weighted towards men.