I both agree with and relate to what women with PhDs say whenever there’s another piece by a man mocking women for using titles.

And I think it should also cause us to reflect on how hard it is for female experts *without* degrees and titles to be taken seriously.
I’m on both sides of this in some ways, as an academia-adjacent rabbi without a PhD.

There are ways in which it’s really hard to be part of the conversation and be taken seriously.

It’s harder for people with expertise who don’t have a PhD *or* any other formal credential.
There are a couple reasons this is hard to talk about.

Obnoxious men tend to bring it up as a form of whataboutery, and proudly ignorant people tend to bring it up as an attack on expertise.

It’s also a real thing.
It’s a real thing, and we need to talk about how to take the full range of experts and expertise seriously.
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