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Yes, we know, as much as we may be chanting “gender equality” slogans, celebrating National Women’s Month, the reality is we may not attain it globally until…2058! In the meantime, women are still working in largely male-dominated cultures, and having to deal with discrimination attacks and litigations of all kinds. In the midst of the confusion, discrimination and other workplace conflicts, many a woman decide to up and quit…

According to ThinkProgress, women of color make up a third of all working women, yet their presence is scarce in Corporate America. Women overall make up only 19.2% of board positions at S&P 500 companies. This explains the growing exodus of professional women out of Corporate America. The question, however, remains: faced with so many pressures and obstacles, should we stay, or should we pack up, leave our conflicted offices, and leave happy ever after (or unfulfilled ever after?)

I’ve asked myself the question many times. Most times, I didn’t exactly have the choice or the luxury of choosing for that matter. Many a times as well, I’ve found myself at the receptive end of a corporate sister’s angry, sad, even desperate professional cry for help. Do I stay or do I go?

And as I’ve replied many a times, both to myself and others:” If you’re ready to leave and never look back, then go ahead. But if there’s some fight left in you, then stay…”

So what are you going to do?

The Corporate Sis.