The Brian Lehrer Show

How #MeToo is Affecting Work Life on Wall Street

12.06.2018 - By WNYCPlay

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Bloomberg reporters Katia Porzecanski and Gillian Tan discuss their reporting on how the #MeToo movement has made men who work on Wall Street feel like they need to adjust their behavior to avoid women, so they aren't accused of (or don't commit) any wrongdoing.

→ Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost (Bloomberg, 12/3/18)

 

@BrianLehrer I think what this conversation is missing is that an interaction between a man and a woman in a prof setting can be TOTALLY innocent but the individuals involved can worry about perception and reputation by OTHER people looking on.

— Jamwise Gamgee (@oldmanjasmine) December 6, 2018

@BrianLehrer since time is memorial, and especially in all religions, women suffer for the bad behavior of men.Great excuse for men to keep women as second class citizens.

— Sharon R. (@catley) December 6, 2018

@BrianLehrer “Wall Street” is an enormous bucket. Not sure it does any good to lump so many ppl together. E.g. sell side and buy side are totally different and have different cultures. Sell side (or any sales teams in *any* industry) tends to be far more difficult for women

— Suzy LeEd (@suzylebo) December 6, 2018

@BrianLehrer re Wall Street and inclusion; I work for a private equity firm and the men I work with (and it’s almost all men here behave perfectly and support women in the workplace. The issue is more subtle; there are so many of them and so few of us.

— (((rsroge))) (@rsroge) December 6, 2018

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