Introduction

Abstract

Over the last two decades, opportunities for women have increased dramatically. Women commonly hold US cabinet positions. They lead large corporations and global nongovernmental organizations. Women make up about 58 percent of college graduates and 50 percent of professional workers.¹ They account for a third of lawyers and doctors,² up from less than 10 percent in 1970.³ Still, the proportion of women in leadership positions continues to hover below 15 percent,⁴ and in a recent survey of Gen-Y women, a whopping 77 percent indicated they believe gender discrimination is still an issue in the workplace.⁵ Reports like these have led some to suggest that perhaps women’s progress in the workplace has stalled. ⁶