May
22
Decades After ‘Boom-Boom Room’ Suit, Bias Persists for Women
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Lisa Mays still trembles when she recalls a sexual assault by a co-worker 26 years ago.CreditJason Henry for The New York Times
Twenty-six years after a co-worker at Smith Barney sexually assaulted her at work, Lisa Mays says she still trembles when she tells the story.
It was early one morning at the Walnut Creek, Calif., branch when a top-producing broker, the only other person in the building, followed Ms. Mays into her office and backed her into a corner.
“Before I knew it, he was lifting my skirt to get into my tights and I was begging him to stop,” she recalled in an interview…
Decades After ‘Boom-Boom Room’ Suit, Bias Persists for Women
