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Sexism and Obituaries

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As someone who is marginally obsessive about reading the New York Times obituaries, and not only to track my Death List, I found this discussion of sexism within the NYT obituary column interesting. Focusing on the case of philosopher Ruth Barcan Marcus, it seems that a lot of far more obscure male philosophers have received obituaries where she has not. The NYT obituary editor simply claims the preponderance of men is because these people grew up at a time when men had more opportunities for public prominence. While that may be true, it can also become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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