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Women escrhew Wall Street’s boys’ club and its glass ceiling

Clip: 3/3/2016 | 7m 25s

Maureen Sherry talks about how the glass ceiling is repelling women from Wall Street.

Wall Street has long been considered a men’s-only club -- so what is it like for a woman there, when only 15 percent of traders are female? According to Maureen Sherry, a former Bear Stearns director turned author, the problem goes beyond frat-boy antics and sexual harassment. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to Sherry about how the glass ceiling is repelling women from Wall Street.

03/03/2016 | Rating NR

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