“What did Kant, the great prophet of autonomy, say in his
moral theory about women? He said they were incapable of
legislation, not fit to vote, that they needed the guidance of
more ‘rational’ males. Autonomy was not for them, it was
only for first-class, really rational persons… but where Kant
concludes, ‘so much the worse for women,’ we can conclude
so much the worse for the male fixation on the special skill
of drafting legislation, for the bureaucratic mentality of
rule-worship, and for the male exaggeration of the importance of independence over mutual interdependence.”
-Annette Baier, Moral Prejudices: Essays on Ethics
“If women merely wanted to assimilate into the academic
world, the goal would be to get “connected,” that is, women
would need to be admitted into the network of collaboration
with senior professors, learn the unwritten rules, and abide
by gender expectations. This strategy would mean adapting
to the male model in the hope of reaping benefits comparab