Monica is a a software engineer from Chicago, Illinois. She graduated with a BS in Computer Science from Truman State University in 2006 and is an MBA candidate for Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago. In her spare time she enjoys running, photography, and teen shows on the CW (her guilty pleasure). She also writes about personal and professional development at her blog Twenty Set (www.twentyset.com) and contributes regularly to Young Go Getter (www.younggogetter.com).
Sexism exists everywhere, and it always will, because the genders are different and those differences affect how genders think and act towards each other. Pretending that sexism will go away is...
As a twentysomething female, I'm very conscious of how people in the workplace view me. I fear being taken advantage of because of my age, race, or gender. I know all about the gender