"The plaintiffs — Judy Calibuso, Julie Moss and Dianne Goedtel — claim that they were discriminated against as financial advisers working at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the opportunities made available to them, including account distributions; their pay; and the professional support they were provided."

Is there anyone who thinks that this isn't BS? My experience was quite the reverse when I was at a wire - women trainees we're helped at every turn.The profession is pretty much 90% men, so management seemed desperate to keep up the spirits of every woman that came into the boardroom. What caused most women to drop out was that they had a hard time putting up with the rejection that comes with cold calling.

WhaI never received any decent accounts by management, or "professional support" (whatever the hell that means). I found the atmosphere to be not so much "eat what you kill" as "watch you're ass, punk" and my pay was about what a starting schoolteacher makes in Detroit. My view of the profession - when I started (and still today), was that you're pretty much on your own. Was there some kind of land of kittens and rainbows that I missed? Did my branch really suck that much? Should I have started at the other branch at the other part of town where everyone (but women) got handed accounts and were assigned executive assistants in the training program?