Cicero famously asked “who benefits?” to expose interests motivating crimes. We can pose the same question regarding the motivations that underlie the lack of women’s advancement in STEMM academics. This is a copy of a post published in the Epistimi blog series at: https://www.epistimi.org/blog/who-benefits-from-the-lack-of-advancement-of-women-in-stemm-academics
Hering et al. (2026) studied this question.