I should have said: 4000 members among those who have identified their gender on the association’s survey. There were about 9000 members in FY 2014 and over 7000 members in FY 2015, so the number of women is presumably higher than the 1000 I mentioned.

Thank you for your story. I’m writing with a small but significant correction. The report says that “from a cursory look at the signatures, it also appears that nearly every woman in the field (still a rarity in philosophy departments) have also signed the letters,” but this is very far from the truth. There are many…