Apparently, being a woman on the poli sci job market gave candidates a better chance of getting a tenure track job than co-authoring in APSR, the flagship journal. When academics weren't lying about discrimination ever happening, they were lying about it never sacrificing merit.
Clark et al.'s survey of psych professors found that men were more likely than women to say truth should be prioritized if it appears to conflict with social equity goals.
"Younger, more left-leaning, and female faculty were generally more opposed to controversial scholarship."