I think that I put too many hours in at my job. If it was my job, I could do it. If I wanted to go out with the girls, for dinner for fun, I couldn t do that.
Women face a number of major barriers and challenges in international affairs.
Many of them stem from frequent absences from home, overseas air travel and numerous conferences, which exacerbate the pressures of an already demanding profession. Some respondents reported evidence of gender bias, but they did not constitute the majority. A majority of women said they were treated with courtesy and respect by male colleagues in the course of their duties. However, when respondents did cite sexism, they described it in the bluntest terms. Women worked twice as hard to get half as far.