Comment Re:acceptance is the only fair outcome (Score 0) 301
so again. if these two phds in gender studies doing a study on gender bias received criticism about potential gender biases... Why is it wrong to address that?
Because the reviewer only talked about the potential, and did not find any actual gender bias in the article. I would be willing to bet that the article contains several examples and red flags of gender bias. If the reviewer had FOUND and could name "ideologically biased assumptions" or gender bias in the writing, then the reviewer would have a legitimate criticism of the article. If the reviewer had a counter-example to refute the article, then there would be a legitimate criticism. If the authors omitted information, then there would be a legitimate criticism.
Bottom line, the reviewer criticized the authors, not the article. And the editor should have been smart enough to see it and call BS.