t women perhaps have reached a new plateau where the remaining barriers might be even more resistant to change than the hurdles that preceded them. In decades past, in many instances, women were not hired at all, and were not promoted to higher positions. Some abuses were so blatant they could hardly be brushed aside and through the intervention of the courts, many have been remedied. Women are hired today but they aren't necessarily paid as much. In fact, as women move up the corporate ladder, their relative salaries are actually driven lower. Women in executive,
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