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Women seem to retract fewer papers than men – but why?
- XzetaU8 11mo agohttps://archive.ph/IQq3i https://archive.ph/IQq3i
- bell-cot 11mo agoThe subtitle reveals that it's a small data set: "In an analysis of nearly 900 retracted medical-research studies, the number of female authors is disproportionately low." I'd chalk it up to women medical researchers being relatively risk-adverse, and believing that they'd be thrown under the bus for "shortcomings" that a male would probably get away with. There's nothing particularly modern, western, or gender-coded about that behavior. Social status let you get away with more and worse transgressions back when pyramid-building certs were a ticket to success.