Male engineering student becomes online sensation after writing a letter to his female classmates about why they aren’t equal to men (because they’ve had to work HARDER while dealing with sexism)
• Jared Mauldin, a 34-year-old senior at Eastern Washington University, wrote an inspiring letter to his female peers in the school’s newspaper
• The Montana native praised the women in his major for working tirelessly just to be taken seriously in the STEM field
• His piece has been shared thousands of times on social media since it was published on October 5
• Jared is autistic and suffers from Lupus and avascular necrosis of both hips
By EMILY JAMES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:18, 12 October 2015 | UPDATED: 18:34, 12 October 2015
Jared Mauldin’s letter:
Quote: “Speaking with the Today show about his piece, Jared said: ‘Really, when you look at this letter, I said nothing new. I didn’t say anything that another feminist writer hasn’t said before. The distinguishing factor happens to be that I am a man. That is a problem.'”