Discrimination lawsuits.
The Economist published an article today about sex discrimination lawsuits and the debate about whether the law is the best way of making the workplace fair.
One could argue back and forth about the lawsuits, but I shall not endeavor to make an argument one way or the other. Instead, I merely point you to the sentence in the article that made me chuckle:
America’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which took the case on, had alleged that the Wall Street investment bank had systematically denied promotion and pay increases to women, and allowed male staff to take clients to strip-clubs and to make crude comments...This is simply the latest in a long line of sex-bias settlements in the financial-services industry, which is still dominated by white males, some of whom have a less-than-sophisticated sense of humour. [Emphasis added.]
Sometimes you have to just love Brittish humo(u)r.
As a side note, I want to express my appreciation to The Economist for providing links of interest with their articles online. It shows their respect for their readers to acknowledge that other places on the internet (gasp!) might have information about the topics in the article.