NY Times Article on the Performance of Women on Corporate Boards is the Wrong Question. How are Men doing on Corporate Boards is a Better One!

There is something missing from the NY Times article today about "seeking critical mass of gender equality in the boardroom". While the author talks about the studies on the effects on company performance when there is one woman on the board, or three women on a board etc, nowhere does he talk about the performance of men on a board! Why is it that people assume men are doing a good job in the first place? How many companies have gone bankrupt in the past 10 years and how many women were on the boards? How many women were on the boards of financial instituions in 2008 when they almost collapsed the banking system? And are the banking boards different people or is it the same men making decisions today? With the economic crisis we have just been through and the continued poor performance of our economy, maybe the author should study what the men in the corporate boardrooms are doing about it?