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2. Sexism in science is a tangle of thorns now, and I'd say it was the same then. Scientific men are great believers in meritocracy --- "We judge the work, and the work alone" --- so much so that they cannot conceive the possibility that, even if the playing field were level, not everybody gets to join the game. A two-sentence toss-off does no justice to this problem. If you're not willing to see beyond mustache-twirling, why are you even talking?