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Sexual Harassment and the Wage Gap

January 4, 2018

CNNMoney // Julia Carpenter

Workplace harassment can lead to occupational segregation, whereby women are pigeonholed into certain industries, usually ones that are lower-paying. This kind of abuse can also, understandably, cause decreased productivity. Economic inequality and sexual harassment are, thus, intrinsically linked.