When we exclude half of humanity from the production of knowledge we lose out on potentially transformative insights.

The reality is that half the global population has a female body. Half the global population has to deal, on a daily basis, with the sexualized menace that is visited on that body.

It's not always easy to convince someone a need exists, if they don't have that need themselves.

The real reason we exclude women is because we see the rights of 50% of the population as a minority interest.

Several studies have found that the more a field is culturally understood to require 'brilliance' or 'raw talent' to succeed - think philosophy, maths, physics, music composition, computer science - the fewer women there will be studying and working in it. We just don't see women as naturally brilliant.