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Massive paper, but a quick scroll to several random statistical tables shows a very clear and indisputable gender preference in hiring.

• revelio 3y ago
  Yup. Headline: "Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science" Subheading: "women have an edge over men in hiring." Paper abstract: "[women] are advantaged over men in a fourth domain (hiring), For teaching ratings and salaries, we found evidence of bias against women; although gender gaps in salary were much smaller than often claimed, they were nevertheless concerning." Paper contents: - "Lutter and Schröder (2016) found that women needed 23% to 44% fewer publications than men to obtain a tenured job in German sociology departments" - "in the authors’ main experiment (N = 363), faculty expressed a significant preference for hiring women. This pro-female preference was similar across fields, types of institution, and gender and rank of faculty" - "The authors found that all else being equal, faculty were between 5% and 10% more likely to favor a female candidate or a gender nonbinary candidate, respectively, over an identically accomplished male" - "The authors found a significant pro-female advantage, with faculty rating female applicants’ competence and hirability significantly higher than identically accomplished male applicants"
  • local_crmdgeon 3y ago
    That doesn't count as gender bias. Gender bias is when the system discriminates against women. When it does the same against men, it's equity.
    • joemazerino 3y ago
      Doesn't seem equitable to me.
    • revelio 3y ago
      Assumed /s but yes that seems to be the (re)definition they're using.
    • toomim 3y ago
      Are you being sarcastic, or serious?
      • Pigalowda 3y ago
        I think it’s both. In my field for instance, if you are a woman, you get to skip the review line for publishing case reports. Luckily for me I don’t give a shit about case reports, but if I was academically oriented? Maybe I would.