I work in Mental Health as administrator to a psychiatric referral service.
The issue with many of the newer NHS Trusts is that much time is spent on cultural diversity and upholding the Trust Mission statement, but not enough time is given to the culprits of sexism promotion – as a Black woman I get a great deal more criticism levelled at me for being educated, of colour and slim. I invest a lot of time in my social life outside of work because I do not want the people within it to poison and embitter me. I have already filed a complaint of sexism and racism against people in my department and I blamed my sensitivity for being unused to the workplace environment.
Things have improved but I still feel relieved when the day is over.