When answering a survey about the FT I was asked if there was enough content written by women and whether I was more or less likely to comment on articles if I could do so anonymously.
This reminded me that, while many FT articles are written by female journalists, the letters page seems to be dominated by men. I wonder if this is due to lower female readership, women’s reluctance to give their opinions, sexism on the part of the letters editor or a mixture of all three.
I would be interested to hear the views of all genders.
Mary Shipley
London SW17, UK
Letters in response to this letter:
Two reasons women have no time to write FT letters / From Grazyna Söderbom, Sävedalen, Sweden
Glad to be a quota booster / From Hilary Sutcliffe, London SE21, UK
Women find better uses for their time (says a man) / From Andrew Davis, Chicago, IL, US