'Dozens' of young women face sexual harassment in financial services

Fear being branded a 'snowflake'

Hannah Godfrey
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"Dozens" of young women working in financial services have said they are still being discriminated against, demeaned and objectified because of their gender.

The Financial Times contacted "dozens" of young people working in financial services, who told the paper they had been inappropriately propositioned and harassed as a result of their gender. A 35-year-old trader who worked in London, Hong Kong and Paris said she experienced men behaving "horrendously", including repeated attempts to kiss her and sending her inappropriate messages, despite her conscious decision to dress "like a man" to avoid attention. Other women reported feeling as though their gender was working against them. One woman who works for a US bank told the FT she was...

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