CEOs dismissed as “little girls” and being asked to demonstrate how to put on a condom in a pitch meeting are just some of the sexist horror stories women have shared from the boardroom.
New polling suggests 85 per cent of women who have founded their own businesses had “definitely or probably” faced sexist behaviour while trying to secure funding. The poll, commissioned for The Independent by Enter The Arena, a business coaching organisation for female founders, found more than two-thirds of the almost 100 respondents reported they “certainly” had.
