How these women are breaking the industry’s culture of secrecy around sexual misconduct By Ann Marsh
December 10, 2019 by Ann Marsh
People who publicly allege that they were raped or sexual assaulted face a queasy period waiting to see if their disclosures draw backlash, support or an unpredictable mix of the two.
When Mary Moore, who works for advisor billing firm AdvicePay, shared her account with Financial Planning of sexual assault at an industry gathering, she braced herself. “This is how we will break the culture of sexual harassment” in financial services, Moore says in the story. She was relieved to find about 100 people flood her with supportive emails, texts and posts on social media.
Despite the risks and unpredictable outcomes that come from disclosing stories that, even amid the #MeToo movement, seemed destined to remain hidden, women in financial services should publicly air their experiences of sexual abuse and discrimination, says wealth manager Rachel Robasciotti, who co-founded a coalition that aims to end forced arbitration for workplace sexual harassment cases.
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