“Sexism: it’s nearly 40 years since it was officially outlawed in the workplace. Therefore on the surface everything appears fine. Women and girls are excelling at school and university and are entering the workplace in numbers equal to men. It is now illegal to pay a woman less than a man, dismiss her when she becomes pregnant, or turn her down for promotion on the basis she is female.”
“But look below the surface, and today’s reality is very different. Sexism lurks in some of the most common situations and scenarios in UK workplaces. Yet far too often it fails to be detected, identified or challenged.”
Read more about the Fawcett campaign at http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=736 and the Sexism at Work Briefing at http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/justbelowthesurfacebriefing.pdf
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