Women’s Whisper Network Raises Its Voice<br />“Of course, our conversations would revert to sharing facts we knew about the men we worked with,” recalled Ms. Sherry, who spent<br />nine years at Bear Stearns before leaving in 2000, adding, “yes, it was mostly the same men who preyed on young women.”<br />For women who had to interact with some of the most notorious sexual harassers, Ms.<br />Sherry said she recommended they stay on the trading floor — a very public space.<br />At Bear Stearns — which was sold to JPMorgan Chase in 2008, during the financial crisis — the Glass Ceiling Club would warn others about the senior manager who had a history of affairs<br />and a tendency to relocate his previous liaisons to remote offices, recalled Ms. Sherry, who last year published a semi-autobiographical novel, “Opening Belle,’’ about her experiences.<br />Social media helps retain and spread what Ms. Graves, of the National Women’s Law Center, calls “institutional memory.” A written story is<br />easier to pass along than a spoken one, even if the original teller is anonymous, based in another office or leaves the company, she said.<br />The women in the whisper network “weren’t best girlfriends,’’ Ms. Sherry said.
