#GoodRead | Gay Talese's Answer to the 'Women Question' is a Lesson, Says the Woman Who Asked
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"Gay Talese's Answer to the 'Women Question' is a Lesson, Says the Woman Who Asked":
The conversation should be less about whether and which women Talese admires—he has since given the Globe a list of names of women he admires that includes Susan Orlean, Larissa MacFarquhar and Lillian Ross. It’s about the fact that he felt so comfortable grouping female journalists (who only talk to “educated people”) into a category separate from—and less than—men.