Cornell Study: For STEM Tenure Track, Women Twice As Likely To Be Hired As Men

_Sharp'r_ writes In the first "empirical study of sexism in faculty hiring using actual faculty members", Cornell University researchers found that when using identical qualifications, but changing the sex of the applicant, "women candidates are favored 2 to 1 over men for tenure-track positions in the science, technology, engineering and math fields." An anonymous reader links to the study itself.

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Affirmative Action is not the same as sexism

[MisterSquid]

Affirmative action in the United States counteracts institutional and systemic discrimination against specific groups (often visible) minorities.

Affirmative action for women is not the same as sexism; it is a corrective for sexism.

Re:Affirmative Action is not the same as sexism

[PopeRatzo]

From what I understand,

That doesn't cover a lot of ground.

If you don't like discussing The Bachelor,

Why you dumb fuck. Is that what all the women in your life talk about constantly? The Bachelor? Have you ever met an accomplished woman in your life? You really think all she has to talk about is some reality TV show? That's your view of women?

Honest to god, I think there may be a reason for this study's demonstration of a preference for hiring women in STEM. Maybe it's because the men in STEM are out-of-touch whining manbabies like you and they're trying to clear out the deadwood.