This is despite the fact that the study included equally qualified female applicants along with their male counterparts. Moreover, faculty members offered male STEM students more career advantages, mentoring, and financial compensation for doing the same job as female students. Professors found male students to be more hireable and competent even though an identical female applicant was present. Female professors were equally as biased as male professors, the report shows.
The researchers conclude that subtle and preexisting bias against women influenced the findings of the study and that intervention with faculty members might assist in decreasing gender bias.
