Royal Society: White male scientists have privileges that boost their career beyond merit. Really!

Isaac Newton, David Faraday, Charles Darwin and others are wildly spinning in their graves!

The 2018 study on which this news article is based was even published by the American Physical Society. The research article was published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Such propaganda and demagoguery coming from such institutions is sickening! What a piece of pseudoscience (garbage)!

"White able-bodied heterosexual male scientists not only avoid the disadvantages experienced by women, minoritised racial groups and other marginalised identities, but also experience exclusive benefits associated with their status. This, according to an analysis of more than 25,000 US scientists’ survey responses, allows white men more career opportunities, professional respect and higher salaries that can’t be attributed to factors such as work effort or level of qualification. ..."

From the abstract:

"A foundational assumption of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) inequality research is that members of the most well represented demographic group—white able-bodied heterosexual men (WAHM)—are uniquely privileged in STEM. But is this really the case? Using survey data of U.S. STEM professionals (N = 25,324), this study examines whether WAHM experience better treatment and rewards in STEM compared with members of all 31 other intersectional gender, race, sexual identity, and disability status categories. Indicating systematic advantages accompanying WAHM status, WAHM experience more social inclusion, professional respect, and career opportunities, and have higher salaries and persistence intentions than STEM professionals in 31 other intersectional groups. Decomposition analyses illustrate that these advantages operate in part as premiums—benefits attached to WAHM status that cannot be attributed to variation in human capital, work effort, and other factors. These findings motivate research and policy efforts to move beyond a single axis paradigm to better understand and address intersectional (dis)advantages in STEM."

White male scientists have privileges that boost their career beyond merit | Research | Chemistry World

The intersectional privilege of white able-bodied heterosexual men in STEM (open access)