The issue focused on how many questions were asked of women and men in 2016, as well as who was included in the study.

Gans said research about science studies "is more scientific than anything," but added that researchers do not know what factors made scientists less likely to ask people specific questions.

"It's also hard to control for these things if you want to see any kind of direction or research because we're just getting so much information from different sources at such a speed."

But