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."

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Re:Their conclusion, my conclusion.

[icebike]

The same male predominance in crime statistics, (violent and non-violent) is found in nearly every country.

Women commit 1/10th the amount of violent crimes that men do.
Unless there are sneaky ways to murder people, I don't think your conclusion holds.

Re:Their conclusion, my conclusion.

[wonkey_monkey]

The number of women in that group was one-third of what one would expect based on female representation in the life sciences

So, no.

Re:Their conclusion, my conclusion.

[icebike]

First, I said violent AND NON VIOLENT. You stopped reading when you saw what you wanted to see.

The behavior traits that affect the commission of crime are arguable exactly the same as those driving scientific cheating or misconduct.

Others on this topic have posted that women are subject to far more scrutiny than men, and they realize this, and understand that they won't get away with it.

So for you to assert that they commit just as much misconduct but get away with it more often flies in the face of every other aspect of human behavior, as well as the theory of glass ceiling and undue scrutiny of female researchers.