The study fails at its (apparent?) purpose of highlighting sexism in the workplace without that point of comparison, though. It'd still be pretty weak even with

The study fails at its (apparent?) purpose of highlighting sexism in the workplace without that point of comparison, though. It'd still be pretty weak even with that (it's survey-based—observational studies are expensive and hard, but way better), but it's the bare minimum we'd need to even begin to figure out what kinds of interesting things the study might point toward for further examination.