Vanity is Very Human.

An Opinion on Vanity:

"Sexism in the Academy"| Issue 34 | n+1
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/essays/sexism-in-the-academy/

"THE THREE MAIN MECHANISMS for instituting academic patriarchy discussed so far could be summed up thus: one, men’s preference for men (whether for students, citations, or granting tenure); two, skepticism about women’s abilities ('prove it again'), which wastes women’s time by forcing them to do more work; and three, harassment, which diverts women from their career interests and is often a source of trauma.
A fourth category of sexist practices, which might be collected under the heading of 'vanity,' may be ridiculous, but it is no less pernicious."

~ Troy Vettese