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Discussion on: A Retrospective for Men in Tech

 
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CamDHall

I can't ignore your Twitter account as many of the articles and studies come from your Twitter.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14R...

WIP. This is as far as I got over my lunch. I'll comment when my responses are complete and I've added my own data.

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The first 3 sentences of the first study you linked, at least the summary, are as follows:

Racism, sexism, and ageism persist in modern day organizations and may translate into workplace discrimi-
nation, which can undermine organizational effectiveness. We provide the first meta-analysis comparing the relationships between these three types of prejudice (racism, sexism, and ageism) and three types of work-
place discrimination (selection, performance evaluation, and opposition to diversity-supportive policies). Across outcomes, racism was associated with workplace discrimination, whereas sexism was not.

I also looked briefly into number 12, as I know several women working in STEM fields.

"Men and women faculty members from all four fields preferred female applicants 2:1 over identically qualified males with matching lifestyles (single, married, divorced), with the exception of male economists, who showed no gender preference." pnas.org/content/early/2015/04/08/...

Number 12 was a real surprise for me. Their methodology looks sound enough, and despite the slim N they raised a point that seems worth further investigation at least.

The study's report ends with a happy little note of optimism:

These results suggest it is a propitious time for women launching careers in academic science. Messages to the contrary may discourage women from applying for STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) tenure-track assistant professorships.

Anyway, it looks like you put a lot of effort into that list, and it seems unfortunate to me that it's been marked as low quality.