Scientific Bias in Favor of Studies Finding Gender Bias
There are more studies showing scientists are egalitarian or favor women in peer review. But the studies finding bias against women get disproportionate scientific attention.
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Are Scientists Biased Against Women Scientists? Part II
Are scientists biased against women in science? For women? Egalitarian? What does the evidence actually say?
Are Scientists Biased Against Women Scientists? Part I
The existence of sex bias in science is controversial, with some people, in science & out, with some claiming biases do not occur, and others outraged at such claims. What’s true?
Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
A saga of outrage and science reform This is a story of innovative science, an outrage mob, and how politics and activism insinuate themselves into psychological science; but it is also a story of how psychological scientific practices might, just might, be improving. Click here, for the full post on Psychology Today.
Do Politics Predict Belief in Evolutionary Psychology?
A new paper said “Yes” and a scientific Twitter storm ensued. Do strong emotional responses to our article indicate that we hit a nerve or that our colleagues are baffled by our ineptitude? Click here, for the full post on Psychology Today.
Intellectual Imperialism, Part II
Intellectual affirmative action. This is the second of a two-part series, slightly adapted from an essay I wrote in 2002, for Dialogues, which was then a hard copy newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Click here, for the full post on Psychology Today.
Intellectual Imperialism, Part I
Why refute when we can dismiss and derogate? This is the first of a two-part series, slightly adapted from an essay I wrote in … wait for it … 2002, for Dialogues, which was then a hard copy newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Click here, for the full post on Psychology … Read More
“Gender Stereotypes are Inaccurate” if You Ignore the Data
Where’s the bias? Let’s start with a quiz. 1. Who was more likely to vote for Donald Trump in 2016, men or women? 2. Who is more likely to commit a murder, men or women? 3. Who receives higher grades in high school, boys or girls? 4. Who is more likely to be labeled as … Read More
“Hidden Forces and Essences” Psychology as Magic
We once believed in magic. Now we believe in psychology. Is there a difference? This essay is a guest post by Jason Manning, an Associate Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University, where he specializes in the study of conflict and of suicide Click here, for the full post on Psychology Today.
Why Brilliant Girls Tend to Favor Non-STEM Careers
This essay is about bias, but not the bias you think. Do girls avoid STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields because of ongoing, widespread discrimination? Or do girls with the skill sets that would give them entrance to STEM fields prefer fields that involve working with people over fields that involve working with things? Click here, for … Read More