The Only Glass Ceiling That Exists Today Is Created by Women ; Forget Sexist Men Holding Us Back -- They Don't Enjoy the Luxury of Choice We Do. The Truth Is That ...
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WHEN I was pregnant with my first child 20 years ago, we all knew exactly what the glass ceiling was, who put it there, and how we -- we being a new generation of ambitious young women determined to succeed at work on a level footing with men -- were going to power our way right through it.
Two decades on, those certainties are all gone, and that kind of thinking sounds hopelessly outdated. While more women -- including 70 per cent of mothers -- work than ever before, and we've had legislation to create equal pay, extended maternity leave and flexible working, hardly any of us are in the 'top jobs' we thought we'd have by now.See the full content of this document
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The Only Glass Ceiling That Exists Today Is Created by Women ; Forget Sexist Men Holding Us Back -- They Don't Enjoy the Luxury of Choice We Do. The Truth Is That ...
The figures are dismal. Only 9 per cent of directors in the UK's top 100 companies, 23 per cent of Civil Service top management and 20 per cent of MPs are women. Plainly, there are still barriers that hold women back.
But it's not the same glass ceiling I was looking up at all those years ago when I bought jackets to hide my baby bump, rushed back to work long before my paid maternity leave was up, and pretended that I was 'collecting my car from the garage' rat...See the full content of this document
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