‘The Onlys’: There Still Aren’t Enough Women at the Table
Corporate America has made almost no progress in increasing women’s representation in the workplace for the fourth year in a row, a new study finds.
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The last time Kaitlin Savage attended a meeting that included another woman was months ago. Savage works in the solar industry, in which men outnumber women 3 to 1. The majority of her time is spent surrounded by men, who at times, she said, underestimate her work, flirt with her, call her after midnight for “personal reasons” and give her inappropriate compliments.
“It’s emotionally exhausting,” said Savage, who’s considered switching to a less heavily male-dominated field, like oil and gas.