&gt; Have you considered the possibility that those researchers have the same motivation as the &quot;friends&quot;?<p>You seem to be implying that a significant portion of discrimination is (by fair means or foul) invented, on the basis that women have a motive to do so.<p>By that same logic, a significant portion of men would therefore refute and deny any genuine stories of discrimination, as they have a motive to do so.<p>The best way to unpick this stuff is with actual data, and there&#x27;s plenty of data (from labs, randomised controlled trials, and other types of study) that says discrimination is still occurring at a systematic level.<p>&gt; You brought up gender studies researchers by referencing material of questionable scientific credibility.<p>Feel free to offer some thoughtful analysis of the actual papers mentioned.<p>&gt; As to you &quot;doing a lot of work on exactly that subject&quot;, what are the results?<p>To be published when ready.<p>&gt; Why do you, like a lot of men, automatically genuflect to damsels, going on about their distress?<p>That would be empathy, Bob.