That's what you would expect to observe if either (a) there were negligible sexism, or (b) the sexism was present, but "more nuanced and subtle" in its form. Th

That's what you would expect to observe if either (a) there were negligible sexism, or (b) the sexism was present, but "more nuanced and subtle" in its form. Therefore your observation does not count as strong evidence for distinguishing between these hypotheses. It counts as stronger evidence against widespread overt sexism.