It’s 2013 and you know what? It still sucks to be a woman in the workplace. And if you want to be CEO of a large company? Good luck with that too.Sure, things have improved. Just watch an episode ofMad Men and you’ll see what our mothers and grandmothers had to deal with only a short time ago. Today, there’s more equality in the workplace. There’s less discrimination. There are way more women in upper management than ever before. Females now fight in the military and lead companies. But let’s face it: women still have a long way to go if they’re to be treated equally by men in the office.

And if you don’t believe me just ask Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. She’s been getting a ton of grief because she had the audacity to say that employers should be able to ask female employees if they plan to get pregnant. But… she’s right! Or ask Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo! who underwent unprecedented scrutiny when she got the job last year AND then announced she was pregnant to boot. How shocking! A smart, competent woman who also wants… to have a baby too? Imagine the number of investors who would’ve shorted Yahoo!’s stock if she had to miss a meeting because of menstrual cramps (a condition that legitimately affects millions of women).

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