At a seminar organised by The Banker in 2016, after the women on stage discussed issues around career progression and the gender pay gap, a man in the audience raised his hand and commented: “It’s time to get a lot angrier – if that was happening to me, as a man, I wouldn’t tolerate it.”
It was a point that resonated with many. Whether it is because of nature or nurture, men and women tend to behave differently and, psychologists argue, this leads to different outcomes when one of the two genders dominates the work environment – and such is the case with banking.
