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Confronting sexism in the marketing industries – women react to The Drum's Women in Marketing study

on May 28, 2014 | 0 comments

By Katie McQuater

Almost half (49 per cent) of over 500 respondents to The Drum’s inaugural Women in Marketing study said they have experienced sexism at some point in their careers, with many suggesting that casual sexism is still implicitly accepted.

In the free-thinking, supposedly inclusive creative industries, this “low-level casual sexism”, as one respondent put it, can and does have a truly damaging effect on women’s self-esteem, progression and development.

By inviting the industry to share its experiences for The Drum’s Women in Marketing anonymous survey, we found women sharing their thoughts on social exclusion, overt discrimination and a ‘boys Read full story ›

Source: The Drum