Letters to the Editor

The economy is a feminist issue Why aren't more women writing about the financial meltdown? Nancy Goldstein [2009-02-20]

• Aren't they?

  I am a woman who writes about the financial meltdown. I've been writing about economics and psychology, in one way or another, for nearly 20 years.

  Yet, I have the distinct impression that nobody is paying attention.

  The current economic meltdown is important to all of us, male and female alike. Examining the particular ways in which it affects women is certainly a worthy topic. However, if a woman writes about it as a human issue, she is still a woman writing about the financial meltdown.

  Maybe that's part of the problem. Does this mean that if they want to be heard, women should only write about women? I certainly hope not. I'd love to see some evidence to the contrary, but am not exactly holding my breath.

  -- saraw1
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