New York Times tells employers how to boost profits (hire only women)

“Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92” (New York Times, today):

Here’s the part of the news story, professionally edited and fact-checked, that interested me:

Women still earn less than men for the same work (81 cents for every dollar made by a man, according to the 2024 census).

Much of the NYT is devoted to decrying corporate greed, workers who are “underpaid”, and capitalism’s tendency to exploit workers. In this article, however, we are told about corporate altruism and a class of workers who are overpaid by about 25 percent (every man who has a job is paid, on average, 25 percent more than a woman who would do “the same work”).

It’s also a little interesting that someone who died childless is the “personification” of a movement for a class of people (“women”) previously associated with having children (“becoming pregnant people” in modern parlance).

Some other media coverage… AP uses the term “potent” to describe someone who died childless:

BREAKING: Gloria Steinem, the potent voice of the U.S. women’s movement and a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92. https://t.co/ok97z6S8K0

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 3, 2026

Nancy Pelosi talks about a “trailblazer” (followed by no children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of her own) and future generations in the context of someone who had no genetic role in any future generation:

Gloria Steinem was a fearless trailblazer who transformed the fight for equality in America and inspired generations of women to know their power.

Her voice, courage and relentless advocacy helped break down barriers and open doors once firmly closed to women.

May it be a… https://t.co/6Kcu1HzqP0

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 3, 2026

If white feminists had limited or no fertility we can ask the question of who are the future generations to whom white feminists passed down their intellectual legacy? Observant Muslims in hijabs (Rahmanullah Lakanwal‘s wife and five children, for example)? Latinx who follow Catholicism? Will these future generations want to continue down the “trail” purportedly “blazed” by Gloria Steinem and fellow white gals?

• “White feminism is a term which is used to describe expressions of feminism which are perceived as focusing on white women while failing to address the existence of distinct forms of oppression faced by ethnic minority women and women lacking other privileges.” (Wikipedia)
• “Feminists and the Clinton Question” (Gloria Steinem in the NYT, 1998), pointing out that a woman might have accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment in order to make money: “If any of the other women had tried to sell their stories to a celebrity tell-all book publisher, as Ms. Willey did, you might be even more skeptical about their motives. But with her, you think, ”Well, she needs the money.””