Premature exultation: how the demise of inequality has been greatly exaggerated CastlemanTanya 2017 Criticisms of equity programs in higher education and employment purport to show that gender and culture are no longer barriers to achievement. Such arguments fail to recognise the complexity of gender and culture privilege and thus present a misleading picture of the position of women and those from non-English speaking backgrounds in higher education and the workforce Copyright. Monash University and the author/s