Something the article misses is that when you become aware of an issue, you do become responsible. Now, we can't act on every problem so inaction has to be on the table. But:

> Mr. Thornley improved on the status quo – but in the process he interacted the problem and was thus caught up in it.

No. The proper response to the wage gap[1] is not to pay women slightly more but still less than the equivalently-qualified man, it's to offer equal pay. That's the base case of not doing anything.

[1] assume for the same of argument it exists and is for sexist reasons. I'm not interested in litigating either side of the issue here.