Re: Peer review
This is a phenomenon that's already well researched in the area of recruitment. When it comes down to a close-call decision, men favour male candidates and women favour females.
The last report I saw indicated that both male and female managers preferred hiring men for STEM roles.
Here's an article from '14: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1321681.
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