To become a token woman—whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters—is to become something less than a man … since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "To become a token woman—whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters—is to become something less than a man … since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest." in the context of "Adrienne Rich As quoted in Ms. magazine, p. 44 (September 1979)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.