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Opinion

Sex on Wall Street Still Dictates Success

February 26, 2009 03:49 PM ET | Bonnie Erbe | Permanent Link | Print

By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.

Check out the cover of Forbes magazine, and its story on Wall Street women whacked in the downturn. The subhead asks:

After the scandals of the 1990s, didn't Investment Banks put sexist employment practices behind them? Evidently not.

All I can say is, it figures!

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About Bonnie Erbe

Bonnie Erbe is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and hosts PBS's weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe. She also writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column for Scripps Howard News Service.

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