All-male physics departments are not proof of bias against hiring women, study suggests
Friday, July 19, 2013 - 02:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Many U.S. universities have no women at all among their physics faculty, and when people talk about gender equity in physics, this fact is often cited as evidence of a hiring bias. But a new analysis by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Statistical Research Center challenges this argument, finding that the existence of all-male departments is not necessarily evidence of a hiring bias.