I would think that if he focused the essay more on gender discrimination instead of just on Jessica, she would not be comfortable with or allow the essay to be published.<p>&gt; Those may be true, but that&#x27;s not enough to answer the question.<p>I think the &quot;he&#x27;s vocal and she&#x27;s not&quot; answer is a perfectly good answer to the question &quot;why do people tend to ignore Jessica?&quot;, since it does seem to be the main reason. If the question had been &quot;why do people tend to ignore women?&quot; then maybe that NYT article might be relevant.