Sexism In Science

An anonymous reader writes with news of a recent paper about the bias among science faculty against female students. The study, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, asked professors to evaluate applications for a lab manager position. The faculty were given information about fictional applicants with randomly-assigned genders. They tended to rate male applicants as more hire-able than female applicants, and male names also generated higher starting salary and more mentoring offers. This bias was found in both male and female faculty. "The average salary suggested by male scientists for the male student was $30,520; for the female student, it was $27,111. Female scientists recommended, on average, a salary of $29,333 for the male student and $25,000 for the female student."

Comments

That's funny right there

[ravenshrike]

Males, less sexist against females than other females.

It's logical

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

Women need less money because they tend to marry men who earn more than they do on average.

For men it's the reverse -- they need more because they tend to marry women who earn less than they do on average.

Back to the kitchen I go...

[Anonymous Coward]

To go cook dinner barefoot, and wait for my husband to get home and knock me up again.

Re:Only in science?

[bluefoxlucid]

Look, all I'm saying is why does a 30 year old man want to spend all day in a room filled with first grade girls?

Not really.

[raehl]

Isn't it interesting that women seem to have more prejudice against equal salary for women, than women do?

Makes perfect sense - while male scientists may suspect female scientists are less qualified, the female scientists know it for sure!

(Note: This post is +1 Funny, not -1 Flamebait.)

Re:Only in science?

[Beardo the Bearded]

and sex shouldn't matter.

You sound like my ex-wife.