I just returned from a 18 day tour of the UK speaking at women's conferences from Plymouth to London while I enjoyed the tour some things are very troubling.  My usual antennae for women's news was tingling particularly on my birthday. 

The January 15th Sunday Times News Review section 4 had a cover story called Working Girls.  It chronicled the troubles of six high flying women who are suing their employer for more than $billion and their complaints about treatment as professional woman in the city and Wall Street.

Let me highlight some of the more troubling things I found in the article.

1.  A female employee left a box of sweets on her desk at haloween and boss said loudly in front of her colleagues "You should move that or men will have their hands in your box."