Answer:
Sexism
Explanation:
A truly riduculous concept, men are considered more capable in education a lot. It is mostly men in high positions of authority anyways so I suppose they don't want that to change so by giving men more opportunities sexism continues.
The narrator meets the Medical Man at the Linnaean Society in the city. The Medical Man thinks the Time Machine thing was a trick, but he can't figure out how the Time Traveller did it. The narrator goes back the following week for the Time Traveller's weekly dinner party.