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Men ‘suffer sexism in publishing industry’ as white middle-class women elbow them out
2021-10-26 00:00:00.0     每日电讯报-英国新闻     原网页

       

       Men have been pushed out of publishing, a female industry insider has admitted, as “white, middle-class women” hold positions of power.

       Women continuing to outnumber men in publishing is a “disappointing” trend, according to Sharmaine Lovegrove, founder of Hachette imprint Dialogue Books.

       Men have been sidelined following an influx of middle-class white women into influential roles, she has claimed, with a focus undermining historical male dominance rather than seeking equality.

       Ms Lovegrove said: “I think what happened was that a particular type of person, a particular type of white, middle-class woman came through publishing and sort of had enough of the old boys’ club.

       “Rather than looking toward equality and thinking inclusively, and intersectionally, they kind of replaced all the men at commissioning editor level with women, and then those women published books for themselves.

       “I would say it’s over the last generation that we’ve seen this shift.”

       ‘It shouldn’t be happening’

       Speaking on the Today programme, Ms Lovegrove said this shift contributed to a gender imbalance in the publishing industry, in which around 70 per cent of marketing and editorial roles were held by women.

       She added: “It’s a difficult thing. It’s a thing that shouldn’t be happening, we should be focused on inclusion, we should be focused on equality, and we should be publishing for the whole of society

       “It’s really disappointing to see these stats of men not coming through, not just as novelists, but through the editorial process as well.”

       It has been suggested that the publishing industry, which caters to a readership of roughly 80 per cent women for works of fiction, should attempt to broaden out to other markets.

       The current market has seen the dominance of leading female authors, including Irish bestseller Sally Rooney. Recent book ceremonies have also been dominated by women, with Bernardine Evaristo, Margaret Atwood and Anna Burns all winning prizes since 2018.

       Ms Lovegrove has suggested that those in positions of power in publishing should expand tastes with an “intersectional feminism position” which she said “means including everybody from different backgrounds”.

       


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