Not aplogising for society's understanding of how relvance to art vs artists' life is different between the sexes. The article is right and society can and should be plastic.

However, the single relevant data point that for me has been most surprising and most enduring is this:

Of all the female humans that have ever lived, 80% have living descendents today. For males, the equivalent number is 40%.

If this data is factually correct (sorry I don't have sources right now), then it goes a long way to explaining though not justifying, why people tend to focus more on early death in females: "What an unnecessary waste."

Edit: I still don't have a very strong source for this data, but the discussion here is relevant.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cHEQSEPz4eipGHFy9/differenti...