Why Men Don’t Believe the Data on Gender Bias in Science(wired.com)
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Why Men Don’t Believe the Data on Gender Bias in Science
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The systemic sexism and racism on display every day in this country also exist within the confines of science. Scientists are not as objective as they think they are. It is an extremely destabilizing realization for someone whose entire career has been rooted in the belief in human objectivity.
Hypothetically, we could improve the situation by instituting "blind" peer reviews. Maybe even salt the submissions with some fake research, just to see if reviewers are rubber-stamping.