An interesting read from the inner workings of Newsweek, describing the struggle of females to rise the ranks of a previously testosterone-fueled news magazine. Have things changed? Or have men merely succumbed to the demands of women, erstwhile holding onto their chauvinistic tendencies. I’ve definitely dealt with interviews where I felt objectified by the male boss, and I’ve felt uncomfortable in certain situations where I reported to a man. And I must note, when I visited Newsweek’s offices this summer with my friend who was an intern, all the other interns I met were guys… The numbers add up, but something still doesn’t feel right.

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But consider this: U.S. Department of Education data show that a year out of school, despite having earned higher college GPAs in every subject, young women will take home, on average across all professions, just 80 percent of what their male colleagues do. Even at the top end, female M.B.A.s make $4,600 less per year in their first job out of business school, according to a new Catalyst study. Motherhood has long been the explanation for the persistent pay gap, yet a decade out of college, full-time working women who haven’t had children still make 77 cents on the male dollar. As women increasingly become the breadwinners in this recession, bringing home 23 percent less bacon hurts families more deeply than ever before. “The last decade was supposed to be the ‘promised one,’ and it turns out it wasn’t,” says James Turley, the CEO of Ernst & Young, a funder of the recent M.B.A. study. “This is a wake-up call.”