Can a movement similar to fascism emerge in the US?

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HappySqurriel said:

Actually, there is significant bias in academia that is widely accepted even within academia; they typicall dismiss it as "Competent conservatives choose the private sector" and completely negate the fact that in the highly subjective liberal arts fields you have to accept and promote the professors worldview to get good grades. There is a large number of conservative academics who claim that they have to stay "in the closet" about their political views for fear of reprecussions.

Years ago I was in university and taking a sociology course and I had a professor who worked in both Women's Studies and Sociology. One of my friends was at the top of the class until our mid-term paper where he foolishly accepted my dare to choose the topic about pay-equity and argue that the disparity in pay between women and men was mostly caused by the choices women and men make. His paper was far better written than mine, his argument was better researched and supported and yet I received a B+ while he received an F. He protested with the dean who remarked his paper and gave him an A. Every paper he handed in after that also received a D or an F, and he repeatedly visited the dean to get his paper remarked where he would get an A.

There are countless simple minded academics who will punish students that don't puppet their worldview, and (quite regularly) their worldview is a socialist/communist worldview.

What choices do women make that lead to them getting payed less? Are these decisions influenced by society's expectations on what women should do (having kids etc.)?