Women of Vanity Fair Consider: Wait, Did We Ruin the Workplace?

Today, a man at The New York Times sincerely asked—and The New York Times sincerely published—“ Did Women Ruin the Workplace ?” He invited Helen Andrews and Leah Libresco Sargeant to discuss the topic with him on his podcast. The episode and article both now offer this vaguely moderated headline variation: “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?”

From the Everett Collection.

Douthat and his guests seem to be trolling toying with the idea that we (women) are screwing things up for…men? Other women? With our existence, and perhaps the expectation that we deserve progressively equitable workplaces. (In the past 20 years, we’ve managed to close that pesky pay gap by a whole 4% , but who’s counting?)

The women of Vanity Fair found Douthat’s question to be hysterical, in the f