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Men (on the Internet) don’t believe sexism is a problem in science, even when they see evidence

jtotheizzoe:

At The Washington Post, Rachel Feltman reports on a depressing study that analyzed how men on the internet reacted to stories about gender bias in the sciences.

Some choice stats, from the article:

  • 9.5 percent of the comments argued that sexism does not exist; 68 percent of these commenters were men.
  • 67.4 percent of the comments agreed that gender bias exists; of these 29 percent were men
  • 22 percent of all of the comments justified the existence of gender bias. Of these comments, between 79 percent and 88 percent were made by men.
  • 59.8 percent justified gender bias using biological explanations, 29.6 percent used non-biological explanations, and 10.6 percent justified gender bias stating that women perpetrate it by discriminating against other women.
  • 7.6 percent of the comments argued that sexism targets men more than women; 65 percent of these commenters were men.
  • 100 percent of the comments expressing gratitude for the study were made by women.

There exists the most excruciating, soul-crushing irony in the fact that in science, the very field and manner of thinking in which we claim to shove aside experience and opinion in the name of evidence and logic and empirical thought, that this problem persists with such ignorance.

If we continue to deny reality, how can we expect real change?

(Source: itsokaytobesmart, via therisingtithes)

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