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In other words, one cannot conclude that hostility in the workplace does not exist just because women are getting promoted. And yet, they only present or discuss data on the career progression issues. They lump together вЂ¦ вЂcareer progressionвЂ™ topics (such as pay, promotion, publishing, citation, etc) with workplace topics (hostility and physical aggression against women). вЂ¦the piece makes вЂ¦ a dangerous and unsupported connection. The first analysis of their article I saw pulled no punches, with a headline which referred to The flawed and offensive logic of вЂњAcademic Science IsnвЂ™t SexistвЂќ in the In this piece Jonathan Eisen says, albeit with caution and caveats, It would be impossible for me to analyse each of their conclusions separately, so IвЂ™ll just focus on the issue of career progression as illustrative of the complexities underlying the interpretation of any data. There are many other recent studies which directly contradict their assertions, and one has to wonder if they were asking the right questions and analysing the answers appropriately вЂ“ and without confirmation bias.

Since as scientists we need to look at the evidence, it is important to test the data they put forward for their claims, versus what else is out there. If the study is to be believed, we donвЂ™t have a problem anymore.

The study analysed data from US universities and colleges looking at salary, promotion, productivity and job satisfaction, as well as the number of women entering the different strands of academic science. The article by Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci is a brief resume of an extensive study they have just completed, and which is about to appear in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest co-written with the economists Donna Ginther and Shulamit Kahn, of Boston University. So it was quite surprising to read a headline in the New York Times claiming вЂњ Academic Science isnвЂ™t SexistвЂќ.

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Newspapers are full of stories about the sexist workplace and there is no reason to think the scientific profession should be any different.

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