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Re:Study: Women Twice as Likely to be Hired in STEM Tenure-T... by supdog on Saturday October 24, 2015 @01:38PM (#10444268)
Is it common in academia for sexism to be defined as male preferential treatment?
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Re:Study: Women Twice as Likely to be Hired in STEM Tenure-T... by clarkevans on Saturday October 24, 2015 @01:48PM (#10444299)
In a male dominated field, no.

In a female dominated field, such as nursing or primary education, sexism to many has the opposite meaning. For example, there is lots of sexism regarding "house-husbands". I have a charming gentleman who babysits my daughter, he was very worried about sexism, and, well, for good reason.

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