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Male Scientists More Prone To Misconduct
sciencehabit writes "Male scientists — especially at the upper echelons of the profession — are far more likely than women to commit misconduct. That's the bottom line of a new analysis by three microbiologists of wrongdoing in the life sciences in the United States. Ferric Fang of the University of Washington, Seattle; Joan Bennett of Rutgers University; and Arturo Casadevall of Albert Einstein College of Medicine combed through misconduct reports on 228 people released by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI) over the last 19 years. They then compared the gender balance — or imbalance, in this case — against the mix of male and female senior scientists and trainees to gauge whether misconduct was more prevalent among men. A remarkable 88% of faculty members who committed misconduct were men, or 63 out of 72 individuals. The number of women in that group was one-third of what one would expect based on female representation in the life sciences."
I never said anything about the Muslim world. Second of all if to vs too causes you hardship reading then that is your own issue.
If a woman makes her self all "sexy" or "hot" then she is misconducting herself. If I enter a work place and I have to deal with beautiful women who doll themselves up then I'm put in a situation where my body is being played with even though I might never act. Face it, the second a woman enters the work place dressed up any more then she needs to be she is misconducting herself.
In the same right, if I dress myself up, if I put my self in a state where I know I'm playing with the females around me I'm misconducting myself. I highly doubt this study took into account the fact then women make themselves look good on purpose and in doing so they have misconducted themselves because they want a reaction, which they achieve.
Look, this is often referred to juvenile, but this is basic human biology. You can deny it all you want, this won't change. There is a reason why almost all cultures on the planet, regardless of location have dominant males and subservient females. It's basic biology and the drive it forms. As a result, women had to use subterfuge to achieve what men typically achieved with force throughout history. We now live in a world where Jeanne D'arc would actually not likely get prosecuted after showing herself an excellent military leader. She would instead be praised and promoted. And while we have successfully fought this to extent where we are today in Western world, it's rather counter-productive to deny that men have very different drives than women. Just like its pointless to deny that women have very different drives than men.
Being desirable is the woman's version of being aggressive for a man. That is a biological reality. Both aim for the same goal - control of other sex through means where they are strong and opponent is weak.
Honestly, the knee-jerk reaction in this topic is pretty discouraging for someone who actually likes the idea of equality of sexes. Everyone, man and woman jumps into their pot holes and start sniping one another with daft talking points from cheap talk shows. Sexes are different, they have different drives and use different means to achieve their goals. That is a reality. One we can either accept or deny. but this ridiculous sniping just shoots the entire equality of sexes topic in the foot.