The author argues that the women's prize helps to perpetuate the inequalities of men and women in mathematics. I think that is completely wrong. Its existence

The author argues that the women's prize helps to perpetuate the inequalities of men and women in mathematics. I think that is completely wrong. Its existence certainly acknowledges the existing inequality. But the prize encourages greater female participation, so works to counter the inequality rather than further it. The author seems to think that if we all just stopped talking about sexism it would go away. That is simply not how it works.