Some may remember the recent Internet shitstorm over the column published by ABA Journal which suggested that womyn lawyers, rather than the evil patriarchy, might be a cause of the non-advancement of womyn in BigLaw. Indeed, Refo Wom'n and the Horrible Ten signed a missive proclaiming the column contrary to "ABA's core values." Twitter and LinkedIn users called for the column to be purged, and for the author and the editor who allowed its publication to be cut loose. A law student named "Lippy" initiated a change.org petition calling upon ABA to "denounce" the column, and some Weiner over at Glawker also complained most bitterly of its offensiveness.
However, despite all the performative virtue-signaling and gnashing of teeth, the column was not removed, and the author and editor were not fired. Lippy's petition ran out of steam and missed its signature target. Refo Wom'n and the Horrible Ten went quietly off to whatever hole they had crawled from, leaving the ABA Journal columnist in possession of the field. The hill was not taken. The village was not saved. The column remained online, continuing to traumatize the womyn of the legal profession.
It wasn't nearly enough. So the ABA Journal staff must have reasoned. They quickly sighted in a follow-up salvo, just to show the trouble-making womyn who's who. This time, it was the magazine cover story, not just some stray ruminations posted by a columnist online. This time, it explained, with citation to scientific support from some academics, that the root of the problem is the submissive complacency of the womyn, and their attitude of "unentitlement." That is, the womyn are getting screwed because they naturally and instinctively accept their role as the ones to be screwed.
https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/how-pandemic-practice-left-lawyer-moms-on-the-verge
I personally emailed a link to the Weiner over at Glawker, pointing out very specifically what the article said, and noting that ABA Journal seemed to be unconvinced by the prior criticisms. Crickets. Nothing. No reaction. Nothing from Lippy either. Nothing from Refo Wom'n or the Horrible Ten.
I can only conclude that the womyn were so exhausted by the failure of their previous effort that they saw a renewed contest as futile, accepting their "unentitlement," and allowing the ABA Journal staff to rub their noses in it.
Bravo. Could we get another log on the fire here? Maybe some bacon or some beans? I'm feeling very peckish this evening.
No comments:
Post a Comment