> The problem with a), is that often women aren't allowed to compete on merit, or they have to perform twice as hard, twice as often as a male colleague in orde

> The problem with a), is that often women aren't allowed to compete on merit, or they have to perform twice as hard, twice as often as a male colleague in order to prove it "wasn't some fluke." I've seen these arguments rehashed over and over by the very same people who overly critcized the manifesto. Yet I have never seen any argument or document written as well as the manifesto supporting these arguments.