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Who is behind the Woman in the Room?

At a time when headlines are dominated by the alleged lewd acts of Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly and Terry Richardson, an anonymous movement has sprung up called “The Woman in the Room,” which aims to shine a light on gender bias in the workplace by distributing posters and stickers to offices in tech, advertising and media.

“Yep, gender bias is real, and we women have to deal with it every dayyou know, things like getting called ‘girls’ when we’re clearly post-pubescent,” read an anonymous letter sent to Ad Age and signed by “some women in tech” that accompanied the posters. The letter noted that “calling out sexist behavior shouldn’t be a woman’s full time job. We already have one of those.”

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