A new book that is replete with stories based on interviews with 35 female academics about their misogynistic experiences in a range of research university English departments creates a valuable space in which other women academics can see that they are not alone. Misogyny in English Departments: Obligation, entitlement, gaslighting by Amy E Robillard is published by Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433199587. On average, women professors earn US$20,700 less than do their male peers: US$96,900 against US$117,600 or 82.3% – meaning that for every dollar a male professor earns, a female professor earns 82 cents, a figure that hasn’t changed in decades, says Glenn Colby, senior researcher for the AAUP.
