Even when a woman is able to join an editorial team, there is still a divide line between men and women. These boundaries are written nowhere but remain in the men's mentalities. Being aware of this fact is already a big step forward. It helps to define the limits where wo-men are confined and encourages them to broaden those areas of intervention within their respective organs. It is difficult for a woman to feel at ease within the editorial team.
Women end up forming groups, as is the case of any minority.
This is how bands of women who appear within editorial teams, are assigned to matters relating to women and asked to take care of the small fry. Prejudices take a very long time to disappear for, even those women who can boast of having the same qualifications as men are given the same treatment. Reality may be different with the audio-visual media but as far as the written press is concerned, this is the fate of fellow women journalists. They go on about their frustrations but keep obeying their chiefs, sub-chiefs and big chiefs. The hierarchy in force within a newspaper makes the chain of command rather heavy, which further complicates the situation of women with all the reported stories about wandering hands in many enterprises.