How subtle forms of sexism in financial services led to recent City scandals – what research shows
- Written by Louise Ashley, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Work, Queen Mary University of London
William Perugini/ShutterstockWhen I first worked in the City of London, a few years out of university, a company-appointed “style consultant” suggested I would be taken more seriously as a female professional if I wore more make-up and exchanged my trousers for skirt suits.
At the time, I was under the naïve impression that...
