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It turns out corporate America looks just about the 

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same as it did this time three years ago. Men 

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dominating at the very top, and women struggling 

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behind. And according to a new study, it could take 

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more than 100 years until we see as many ladies in 

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chief corporate positions as the guys. The study, 

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conducted by McKinsey & Company, and Leanin. org, 

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measured women's roles in the workforce, and how 

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likely they were to make it to the top. The results were 

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pretty dismal. The data was collected from 118 North 

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American companies and nearly 30, 000 male and 

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female workers. Researchers measured: Promotion 

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rates, attrition and trajectories. The numbers indicate 

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little progress has been made in recent years to level 

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the playing field. In 2012, 16 % of executives were 

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women. Today that number is 17 %.. That's likely 

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because men move up the ranks more easily. Women 

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in the study reported they're nearly four times more 

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likely than men to think they have fewer opportunities 

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to advance because of gender If you ask men why they 

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did a good job, they'll say I'm awesome. If you ask, 

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obviously why are you even asking? If you ask women 

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why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone 

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helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard. 

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But that hard work is less likely to be rewarded. 

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Women are 15 % less likely than men to win a 

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promotion to the next level. The study also shows 

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women are more likely that men to stay with a 

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company after reaching a senior manager position.