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"The Onlys": There still aren’t enough women at the table

She’s part of a group that a new survey from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. calls "Onlys": women who are often or always the only female in the room at work. One in five women place themselves in this category, according to the survey of more than 64,000 U.S. employees at 279 companies. That number rises to 40 percent for women in senior or technical roles.

Onlys face more challenges in the workplace than other women, the survey found. Half of these women said they need to provide more evidence of their competence than others do. Onlys are twice as likely as other women surveyed to be mistaken for someone junior. These women are also almost twice as likely to be subjected to demeaning comments and twice as likely to report having experienced sexual harassment in their careers.

By Rebecca Greenfield | Bloomberg News

“The Onlys”: There still aren’t enough women at the table

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