The topic of gender difference has received little visible attention in academia. Therefore, it is not surprising that the knowledge within the sciences on this subject has been quite sparse, fragmented, and one-sided. Over the past 15 years, this has become evident through the work of female scholars, whose ties to the women's movement led to a changed perception and evaluation of their own situation in academia, ultimately altering the view of science itself. Since then, the number of studies on the devalued and neglected social experiences of women and the inequalities in gender relations has been increasing. In the social sciences, the gender category has gradually advanced to become a "structurally relevant status role." This is a result of societal changes over the past decades.