Many of the anthologies cited in my Introduction are current and the figures for some of these only marginally better, and at best 1/3. This is pretty consistent: women making up 1/3 of total. Go and check. I was myself shocked when I compiled the figures, thinking it would better than this.
The other thing that's shocking is the entrenched general feeling, among men especially, that there no longer is a problem, and the utter vitriol that comes in response to brining up this apparently totally taboo issue. Yes, from many men. This itself gives some indication of how and why the problems remain. And check out the figures for women editors of these volumes. And the figures in leading literary journals, for poems and also criticism and reviews. If one starts to compile these all told, the picture is depressing indeed.
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